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Life In The Heart Land
Community Health
Season 3
Episode 3
Patients and providers struggle with the high cost of healthcare in today's complex system. Independent and non-profit health systems struggle to stay afloat when insurance companies often reimburse at rates below providers’ costs. Lawmakers try but fail to pass legislation to simplify the system, while independent retail pharmacies try cutting out the middlemen and buying generic drugs wholesale.
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