PLOTKIN, J.
We grant this writ of certiorari to consider whether Louisiana's collateral source rule allows a tort victim to recover as special damages from a tortfeasor the amount of medical expenses written off and extinguished by healthcare providers who received direct payments from Medicare. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the collateral source rule does not give tort victims the right to recover medical expenses extinguished by operation of federal...
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