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Lisa Murkowski: “Understaffing and larger provider workloads contributed to very long wait times for our veterans and poor patient care.”

On the recordAugust 24, 2015
Understaffing and larger provider workloads contributed to very long wait times for our veterans and poor patient care.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the negative impact of understaffing on veteran care in Alaska.

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