Evaluating vast payout disparity among Medicare doctors

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Medicare data raises fresh questions about concentrated payout for few doctors

Just 3 percent of doctors and medical providers received at least one-quarter of the $77 billion paid to providers by the government in 2012, according to an unprecedented and controversial release of data by Medicare. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Dr. Ardis Hoven of the American Medical Association and Shannon Pettypiece of Bloomberg News.

AIR DATE 4/9/14

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