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postulater

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12. Good question. He died 18 years ago so I don't know how it was then or now.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 02:16 PM

Apr 2014

Secondaries probably cover if Medicare doesn't, especially with a referral.

I think most docs are amenable to making a referral for a second opinion nowadays.

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