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1. How the following groups below have addressed issues of cost control.
2. How technology has played, and will continue to play, a role in cost control.
3. The long-term impact of these cost-control efforts.

? The United States Government
? The Commercial Insurance Industry
? Healthcare Providers

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Referring to the three groups of health services, this solution explains how each group addresses issues of cost control, how technology has played, and will continue to play, a role in cost control, and the long-term impact of these cost-control efforts.

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