Health Plans Should Offer Choices For Technology Coverage – Wharton Prof
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.S. Government should encourage the development of health insurance plans that provide consumers a choice of how new technology coverage decisions are made, according to a Wharton School researcher
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