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Jeff Miller: “It's more than stunning and I would say that for somebody like this whistleblower to have been forced to make decisions…”

On the recordJune 22, 2014
It's more than stunning and I would say that for somebody like this whistleblower to have been forced to make decisions that only medical providers should be making, to triage patients as to whether or not they should be put in a drawer is just certainly unconscionable.
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Jeff Miller
Florida

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Congressman Jeff Miller expresses his shock at the whistleblower's situation in the VA, emphasizing the unacceptability of non-medical staff making critical medical decisions.

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