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Advocates fight against hospitals as they vouch for site-neutral payments. Drazen Zigic / Shutterstock.com
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on KFF Health News. In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines. The point of contention: For decades, Medicare has paid hospitals — including hospital-owned physician practices that may not be physically located in a hospital building — about double the rates it pays other…