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The status quo was based on a system under which physicians, like this one paying a Missouri farm family a house call in 1942, was paid upfront. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
The status quo was based on a system under which physicians, like this one paying a Missouri farm family a house call in 1942, was paid upfront. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)