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…new insurance policies offered on the health insurance marketplace/exchange as physicians are increasingly being dropped from insurance networks. These “narrow networks” often do not include the range of providers…

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…in an at-risk population.   Cost-effectiveness In addition to the clinical benefits, primary discectomy has been shown to be cost-effective relative to nonsurgical care. A 1996 study found that…

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