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Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by sin7 on Saturday April 21, 2018 @04:11PM (#16893173)
Physicians already have good reasons to overstate the patient's severity. It's part of the payment formula used by CMS. But there are plenty of incentives not to lie such as jail time.
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