title: Competitive bidding provokes controversy.
authors.forename: Carren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bersch
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003164:Competitive Bidding / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017046:Cost Savings; D004389:Durable Medical Equipment / Q000191:economics*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States