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2 thoughts on “Insurer-provider contract impasses leave many patients without care

  1. Reimbursement for physician services effectively cut 25% over 10 years. UHC’s profits quadrupled in the last 4 years. Stock price up 3x. Patients are oblivious to this imbalance but see the ever increasing premiums. Medicare runs at a 3% margin, well below the 20+% of commercial payers. Medicare for all would not be government run health care, it would be government funded health care and still allow competition, choice, and portability.

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