Word: medigap
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...Patients also have to pay at least 20% of their doctor bills, which often run into many thousands of dollars. About 800,000 of the 28 million Medicare patients every year face bills higher than Bowen's proposed cap of $2,000. Some of them have private "medigap" insurance, but it is often inadequate...