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Doctor Discrepencies

Daniel talks wtih Dr. John Wennberg of Dartmouth Medical School about a recent study which found that medical care varies dramatically depending on what part of the country your in. The lesson, Wennberg says, is that America doesn't have a health care "system" and that many of the medical decisions made are due to supply and not demand.

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