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Abdul El-Sayed: “I wanted to be the kind of doctor who worked on the system, not just in the system, because too often the question of…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2026
I wanted to be the kind of doctor who worked on the system, not just in the system, because too often the question of whether or not you get access to that system is a function of the choices that we make that are outside of our control.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Describing his approach to healthcare as a physician.

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