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Saturday, November 02, 2002"CareFirst started off the negotiation asking for a 12 percent decrease in rates," said Jody M. Burdell, a Children's vice president. "We asked for a 20 percent increase. CareFirst really needs to pay rates that are comparable to other managed care companies' rates." The insurance company denies this account, but there's no reason to suspect the hospital of lying and every reason to expect the insurance company to try to save face in an effort to avoid losing subscribers. Carefirst made $92.4 million last year. COUNTERPOINT: Jane Galt has a different take on this. posted by Sydney on 11/02/2002 07:26:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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