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|Articles|November 26, 2017
Physicians fed up with ever-changing healthcare insurance market
For the fifth consecutive year, Medical Economics will reveal its list of obstacles physicians say they face in the coming year and, more importantly, how to overcome them. As we did last year, we asked readers to tell us what challenges they face each day and where they need solutions.
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For the fifth consecutive year, Medical Economics will reveal its list of obstacles physicians say they face in the coming year and, more importantly, how to overcome them. As we did last year, we asked readers to tell us what challenges they face each day and where they need solutions.
The full list of challenges-and most importantly, how physicians can overcome them-will be revealed in our December 25th issue. To get ready, we are teasing each challenge and how it has affected the healthcare industry. Read on to find out how the changing healthcare insurance marketplace has affected physicians this year.
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