Year in review 1999.
1999 was a year of long, heated battles. In Washington, lawmakers and managed-care plans duked it out over patient-protection bills. The healthcare lobby fought tirelessly for relief from the vilified Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Meanwhile, Medicare fraud whistleblower suits continued to work their way through the courts, and providers nationwide pulled the plug on troubled HMOs.
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