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First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?
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To their doctors for problems, follow-ups, and treatments because of the pandemic. It’s been more active as pharma has been showering politicians with money to fight the government’s proposal to negotiate prices for Medicare. I decided to research why this is happening at a client’s request, and I found two reasons.
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