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Tom Coburn: “Probably significant. I do not know what the average doctor's salary is. But I also know that the average doctor has 8…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1999
Probably significant. I do not know what the average doctor's salary is. But I also know that the average doctor has 8 years additional education and debt that the average Federal employee does not have, the average.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Discussing the differences in education and debt between doctors and federal employees.

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