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Deductible (dĭ-dŭk’tə-bəl) n.

1. Something, such as an expense, that can be deducted, as for income-tax purposes.
2. A clause in an insurance policy that exempts the insurer from paying an initial specified amount in the event that the insured sustains a loss.
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Physician Heal Thyself - Enhanced Role for Physicians as Trusted Advisors

Healing (hēl ng) v.

To restore to health or soundness; cure.
To set right; repair.
To restore (a person) to wholeness.

I previously highlighted a recent study by Booz Allen Hamilton regarding the Consumer Empowered movement and physician responses to it. I thought the physician responses were very both unfortunate and very telling:

Positive Impact of [...]