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http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2010/01/in-massachusetts-elite-providers-drive-health-care-spending-what-does-this-say-about-the-dartmouth-research-marylan.html
In Massachusetts Elite Providers Drive Health Care Spending; What Does This Say about the Dartmouth Research? . . . Maryland’s Solution. Part 1

This is the first of 3 articles Maggie Mahar has posted to her website. If we are at all interested in controlling costs - all three should be read and forwarded to our State legislators.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakely has just released a report which reveals that the state’s health care costs are spiraling in large part because he state’s primo hospitals and physician groups --those with brand name recognition-- -are demanding exorbitant reimbursements from insurers. Providers who control the market in geographically isolated areas also are insisting on reimbursements that far exceed what other providers receive for the same services..