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Unnecessary Care Hurts Patients and Wallets

Six years after he explored the high cost of medical care in McAllen in “The Cost Conundrum,” The New Yorker's Atul Gawande returns and finds improvement has been made in cutting Medicare costs in the city.

By Christine AyalaMay 11, 2015, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated May 11, 2015, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Unnecessary Care Hurts Patients and Wallets

By Christine Ayala, The Texas Tribune
May 11, 2015

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<p class="byline">By Christine Ayala, The Texas Tribune <br />May 11, 2015</p>
<p>Six years after the magazine explored&nbsp;<span>the high cost of medical care in McAllen&nbsp;</span>in &ldquo;The Cost Conundrum,&rdquo; <em>The New Yorker</em>'s Atul Gawande <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/overkill-atul-gawande">returns and finds improvement</a> has been made in cutting Medicare costs in the city.&nbsp;(<em>The New Yorker</em>)</p>
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Unnecessary Care Hurts Patients and Wallets

By Christine Ayala, The Texas Tribune
May 11, 2015

Six years after the magazine explored the high cost of medical care in McAllen in “The Cost Conundrum,” The New Yorker's Atul Gawande returns and finds improvement has been made in cutting Medicare costs in the city. (The New Yorker)

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Christine Ayala was a Texas Tribune fellow, focusing on reporting and newsletter production, in 2014 and 2015. Before joining the Tribune, Christine interned for the Austin American-Statesman features... More by Christine Ayala

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