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SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP | unhealthy system

State panel to examine payments to Partners

By Jeffrey Krasner and Liz Kowalczyk

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 01, 2009

Governor Deval Patrick will convene a panel of top state officials Monday to look into whether a recently disclosed, eight-year-old agreement between Partners HealthCare System Inc. and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts drove up healthcare costs, making it harder to extend healthcare insurance to all residents.

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