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Insurers Refuse to Pay for Medical Mistakes
BY:
Harriet Jones - 03/14/2008 - 8:am
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Mistakes in hospitals can be devastating and costly
Errors can happen in any profession. But when those mistakes happen in a hospital, the outcome can often be very serious, and very costly. Now some health insurers are saying they won’t pay up, if medical negligence means a patient needs extra care. WNPR’s Harriet Jones reports.
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