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Michael Burgess: “Nothing pulls the joy out of the practice of medicine like realizing your Congress is going to whack you off at the…”

On the recordApril 18, 2016
Nothing pulls the joy out of the practice of medicine like realizing your Congress is going to whack you off at the knees December 31st every year for, what was it, 17 years.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess discusses the negative impact of Congress on medical practice.

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