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John Bel Edwards: “That is absolutely a fair statement. When I have town hall meetings in North Carolina, we often have physicians show up…”

On the recordJune 25, 2001
That is absolutely a fair statement. When I have town hall meetings in North Carolina, we often have physicians show up and share horror stories, including ordering care for a patient, with some clerk sitting behind a desk 300 miles away reversing it and overruling a doctor with many years of education and training because they thought they knew better; there was no way they would pay for the particular care.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing issues faced by physicians and patients in healthcare during a town hall meeting.

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