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denverbill

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3. Not if you go by cost. Then we are first by a mile.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 05:07 PM

Jan 2013

And cost is the most important factor, because the higher the cost, the higher the potential profit. And profit is the point of medical care.

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