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Henry Waxman: “My feeling is, why should the Federal Government interfere if the patient wishes to spend their own money on…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2014
My feeling is, why should the Federal Government interfere if the patient wishes to spend their own money on experimental treatment plans?
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman argues against federal interference in patients' choices for experimental treatments.

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