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Those responsible for writing our new health care laws are noting that “specialists cost more and use more expensive procedures and technology that cost more.” So, they are waging a quiet war in the Senate Finance Committee re: the health care bill, especially in fields like cardiology and oncology. They are engineering a “cheaper” system so they can buy “health care for all.”

The Baucus Senate Bill ranks doctors on “how much they cost” and will cut payment by 5 percent to doctors who fall into the 90th percentile or above on cost. Thus, every year, 10 perc...

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