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How do you improve Medicare? Maybe you watch Major League Baseball

  • Nicholas Florko

By Nicholas Florko March 8, 2019

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WASHINGTON — On Thursday, a group of the country’s 17 foremost Medicare experts attempted to answer this question: What can Medicare learn from Major League Baseball?

The answer? We don’t really have a clue.

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Nicholas Florko

Nicholas Florko

Reporter, Commercial Determinants of Health

Nicholas Florko reports on the commercial determinants of health.

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