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Doctors & Hmo's, Part Iii

In part three of our series on physicians and managed care, NPR's Patricia Neighmond examines how patients react to a system that tries to maintain low costs by keeping patients healthy and out of the hospital. The focus is on the Bristol Park Medical Group in Orange County, California, a new type of group practice where physicians have banded together to regain control over medical decision-making.

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