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On the recordApril 22, 2013
We should be taking, in my view, a hard look at why we are, through Medicare, providing $10 billion a year to training hospitals without really knowing what they are producing in terms of primary care physicians.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Calls for scrutiny of Medicare funding for training hospitals and its effectiveness in producing primary care physicians.

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