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One of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that has not gotten much play, outside of the world of emergency medicine, was designed to prevent health plans that fall under this act from sticking it to patients who have a medical or traumatic emergency and are treated by an out of network provider.  There are two elements to this protection:  1) a requirement that the plan set a benefit that is … Continue reading →

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