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The budget package that Congress passed in the 11th hour Tuesday to avert widespread tax increases and spending cuts has also blocked a 26.5% cut in Medicare payments to doctors; however, hospitals are bearing a large portion of the responsibility when it comes to financing this so-called doc fix.

The past 12 months have brought significant and radical change in the healthcare industry. The following are some of the top stories of 2012 revisited.

The Supreme Court announced earlier this month their intention to investigate a multibillion-dollar dispute between the pharmaceutical industry and federal antitrust enforcers. The practice in question is commonly referred to as the pay-for-delay model, whereby brand-name drug manufacturers compensate other manufacturers to hold off on selling generic versions of their drug.