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As more state attorneys general take on healthcare issues, providers are feeling the heat Illinois' Lisa Madigan first had a tense relationship with hospitals, but things have improved. "Because the attorney general and her staff were open to interaction, dialogue and debate, even when we had serious disagreement, it resulted in being able to develop good policy," says Howard Peters, left, of the Illinois Hospital Association.
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