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The article, "Help for Uninsured to Be Congressional Priority in 2004," (Feb. 1, 2004, p. 9), should have said that under federal law, physicians may charge Medicare patients less than the amount allowed by the Medicare fee schedule, but may not charge Medicare patients more ...

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