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On the recordMarch 28, 2011
We actually pay the providers up front. Then we figure out it was wrong, and mistake, and then chase them down and try to get the money back.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper criticizes the current Medicare payment system for its inefficiency.

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