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Susan Collins: “There is a big opportunity here and I wanted to ask you to consider having it be one of the 'bully pulpit sermons' of…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2017
There is a big opportunity here and I wanted to ask you to consider having it be one of the 'bully pulpit sermons' of your tenure as Surgeon General to help catalyze that enormous potential to help Americans get the care that they want.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins urges the Surgeon General to advocate for patient-centered care.

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