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Keith Ellison: “In fact, right in this Chamber just this past week this bill passed 265-159. When do you see things pass with 259 votes…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2007
In fact, right in this Chamber just this past week this bill passed 265-159. When do you see things pass with 259 votes, unless they are completely noncontroversial? That is overwhelming. Doctor, you worked in this field. You are a professional. You are in the healing arts. Is SCHIP a program where the government would be telling doctors like yourself how many pills to prescribe? Are they ordering every facet of the patient-doctor relationship? What is the real truth about this?
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Keith Ellison
Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the SCHIP program and its implications for the doctor-patient relationship.

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