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October 1, 2019
Top 8 healthcare predictions for 2019

Top 8 healthcare predictions for 2019

Top 8 healthcare predictions for 2019

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We have been writing the predictions for healthcare every year now for the past 10 years. We also review back how we did each year and each year we are getting to be more accurate. The 2018 predictions that were released in December 2017 were almost 98% accurate and each one of them panned out during the course of the year.

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