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Joe Eaton and David Donald, Center for Public Integrity

Eye Lift Surgery Increasingly Billed To Medicare

By Joe Eaton and David Donald, Center for Public Integrity May 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Despite rules against Medicare coverage for cosmetic surgery, eyelid lifts billed to Medicare have more than tripled over a decade.

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