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Mark Warner: “So you do not think it is a rational system where we compensate a medical professional treating someone with advanced…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
So you do not think it is a rational system where we compensate a medical professional treating someone with advanced illness for repeated tests, but refuse to compensate that same medical professional for sitting down and actually talking through with the family this stage of life.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner critiques the healthcare compensation system for not valuing patient conversations.

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