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Twisted System: A Phoenix family stumbles through the tangled bureaucracy of modern medical care.

Number 20488
Subject Health Care
Source New Times (Phoenix)
State AZ
Year 1999
Publication Date May 6-12
Summary This article talks about a family's struggle with an HMO to get coverage to correct their daughter's bent spine, caused by scoliosis. The article details the family's battle, and explains their problems with health care coverage. The health care insurer the family's with is called PacificCare.
Category General
Pages 8
Keywords Health Care;HMO;Health Maintenance Organization;PacificCare;coverage;medical insurance;medicine;doctors;money;hospitals;scoliosis
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