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Medicare Advantage plan drops Dana-Farber, forcing longtime patients to switch providers

An 88-year-old Boston retiree will lose his trusted oncologist because his Medicare Advantage plan, run by Mass General Brigham’s insurance arm, is removing Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from its network.

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Patients risk losing established cancer care when insurers drop hospitals from Medicare Advantage networks.

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