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Doctors Creating Affordable Healthcare

Some doctors are using ?micropractices’ to shrink costs while boosting quality of care. Joining The Takeaway is John Wasson, geriatrician and professor at Dartmouth Medical School, and Moitri Savard, a physician with a micropractice in Queens, NY.

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President Obama put healthcare front and center yesterday in a talk to doctors. Last year, the U.S. spent $2.4 trillion on healthcare. Some doctors are trying to shrink costs while boosting the quality of care in a method called “micropractices.” Joining The Takeaway to talk about this trend is John Wasson. He is a geriatrician and a Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. Also joining the discussion is Dr. Moitri Savard, a Family Physician who runs a micropractice in Queens, New York.

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