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105% Medicare Amount

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A tactic some insurance plans use where they refuse to pay a doctor’s standard rate. Instead, they look at what the government (Medicare) would pay for a service, and they only agree to pay 5% more than that. This often leaves the patient stuck paying the massive difference.

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