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Doctors fight penalty for heavy test use

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   October 02, 2009

Doctors are trying to remove a provision in the Senate's latest health bill that would cut Medicare payments to those who administer the most tests and treatments. The proposal is aimed at reducing waste, and is one of several proposals in the bill by the Senate Finance Committee that could change how doctors are evaluated and paid, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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