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S1 Ep148: The real problem with health care, with Melissa Lucarelli, M.D., FAAFP, and Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
What's really driving the dysfunction in American health care?
Longtime Medical Economics editorial advisor and family physician Melissa Lucarelli, M.D., FAAFP, sits down with Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, an orthopedic surgeon, 20-year independent practice owner and author of "The Invisible Hand Wielding the Scalpel: The Hidden Cause of America's Healthcare Crisis." The two physicians discuss why independent practitioners may be a dying breed, how insurance middlemen quietly slash physician reimbursements and why Medicare Advantage brokers are steering patients away from their own…
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