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Susan Collins: “If an individual with diabetes has these terrible consequences of diabetes that is not well controlled and, for example…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
If an individual with diabetes has these terrible consequences of diabetes that is not well controlled and, for example, needs to have a leg amputated, Medicare is going to pay for that.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Discussing flaws in Medicare's reimbursement system for diabetes care.

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