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Insurance & Technology April 6, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Healthcare Reform Will Require Massive Insurance IT Spending Caught off guard by the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, insurers must modernize IT while increasing operational efficiency.
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