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John Shadegg: “Ultimately, as a medical doctor trying to tailor the best care for your patient, you would be at the mercy of a Federal…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2000
Ultimately, as a medical doctor trying to tailor the best care for your patient, you would be at the mercy of a Federal bureaucrat who would decide which drugs can be used for which purposes. Let me ask this question: let us say someone is sitting home and saying we have to make certain trade-offs. Maybe that has to happen. Somebody has to ultimately decide. Maybe we cannot afford to allow patients to consult with their doctors and decide which drug is right. Do we have any assurance, if the gentleman knows the answer to this question, do we have any assurance that under the Clinton-Gore plan that at least it would be medical doctors as opposed to nondoctor personnel that would be deciding these issues under the Gore plan?
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John Shadegg
Arizona
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Questioning the decision-making process in healthcare under the Clinton-Gore plan.

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