Payment reform's impact on socioeconomic disparities may not matter if the growth in healthcare expenditures in the United States means the government or payers can’t afford to pay for the medicines, said Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, chief innovation officer professor and vice president of cancer services at the John Theurer Cancer Center.
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