To make matters worse, health care products like medicines and medical devices get used when they are proven more effective or safer, not when they are proven cheaper.

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This health care concern markets medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products worldwide.

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AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments.

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