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Unkind Cuts? Blue Cross Slashes Doctors' Pay
2007-09-03 00:00:00
[Note: Shannon Brownlee is the author of the upcoming book Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer. She'll be guest-blogging this week on various healthcare-related topics.] UNKIND CUTS?....Last month Blue Cross put physician reimbursement cuts into...
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