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w8liftinglady

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2. I agree. I'm a rehab nurse.

Reply to Mojorabbit (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 07:11 PM

Jan 2012

I've seen a drop in patients...largely because rehab for chronically ill patients is expensive,and 40% of Texans are uninsured/underinsured. I work at a "not-for-profit" hospital,who accepts some medicaid and free patients...but the insurance patients are dwindling.

Your husband sounds like a great doc.He's in medicine for the right reason.

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