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Jim Baird: that element of the deeply personal relationship between a patient and his or her health care provider cannot be…

On the recordFebruary 23, 1999
that element of the deeply personal relationship between a patient and his or her health care provider cannot be underscored too greatly. It is not that we are dealing with interchangeable parts of some machine, unfeeling beings. We are dealing with human beings who build a relationship of trust and respect and confidence and, most importantly, of caring with their health care provider. We have lost that under current HMO practices, and this bill will go a long way toward restoring that relationship.
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Jim Baird
Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the importance of the patient-provider relationship in health care reform.

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