On the recordJuly 23, 2012
One of the problems that we ran into in the Affordable Care Act, we put some money in so that doctors could be reimbursed to discuss end-of-life questions with patients and would be paid for it.
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Discussing challenges in implementing end-of-life discussions in the Affordable Care Act.
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