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Affordable Care Act's push to consolidate health care to curb costs may backfire

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In the United States, physicians practice medicine in a variety of settings, ranging from small solo practices to large, multispecialty group practices consisting of hundreds or even thousands of practitioners.

The tradition of the solo practitioner is one that is immediately familiar to most...

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