mangled care
n.— «I’m a registered nurse and have watched the sorry state of managed care over the last decade bring less care to more people. It’s so bad that many nurses refer to it as mangled care.» —“Letters to Business” by Arlene Jech in Castro Valley, Calif. San Francisco Chronicle (California) Oct. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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