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Usual, Customary or Reasonable (UCR)

An industry term for the typical rates charged for services in a specific region. For example, if a surgeon in Virginia were to charge twice as much for a surgery as the average cost of that procedure in the area, those charges would not be considered usual, customary or reasonable.

Obamacare

Commonly used political shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 health care reform law signed by President Obama; also referred to…