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Kaiser Health News staff writer Chris Weaver reports on efforts to address Medicare’s physician pay formula. “Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the immediate past president of the American Medical Association, urged lawmakers Tuesday to permanently eliminate the looming cuts to Medicare’s physician payments – something her organization has demanded for years” (11/17).

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