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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Bypassing Politics, Insurers Pay For End-Of-Life Talks
These doctor-patient conversations had been labeled "death panels" by opponents of the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, in a bid to reduce backlogs, Medicare offers a deal to hospitals to pay 68 percent of short-term stay medical claims that were rejected by outside auditors.
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