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Health insurance industry needs a make-over, experts say

Even doctors are vocal critics of the status quo

Since the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, there has been an avalanche of complaints about the health insurance industry. The Wall Street Journal reports that many of the complaints come from doctors.

Doctors say they are spending more time and effort arguing with insurance companies to get them to pay for necessary medical care for their patients.

“It’s getting worse,” Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed, an internist in Augusta, Ga., told the Journal. “This is not on...

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