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Jim McDermott: “I think about patients rather than product and numbers and trends and graphs.”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2012
I think about patients rather than product and numbers and trends and graphs.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott emphasizes the importance of patient care over political and financial metrics.

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