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        "summary": "Sometimes, providers will purposefully be out of network to abuse the dysfunctional system currently in place.While the charges may cost you a lot at the moment, it also translates to significantly higher premiums overall for a medical plan; hence the need for it to be controlled.",
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        "summary": "Big Pharma is one industry that took the opportunity to give themselves a raise amidst the pandemic, during a time when many families couldn't even afford to put a roof over their head.",
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        "summary": "$1,600,000.That is the amount of total lasers that I was facing for one of my clients who had six employees on high cost pharmaceuticals at our…",
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        "summary": "As humans, we feel a strong desire to be part of the pack. We compare ourselves to others in order to determine our own worth. We rationalize irrational ideas and notions.",
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        "summary": "For years, I've been deceived by our health care system into thinking it was built to help people. And now I feel pissed.",
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        "summary": "It's exciting for me. I get to practice what I preach. Better care; better outcomes.",
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