Political Quotes

On the recordMay 6, 2013
It is patently unfair to ask physicians or others paid under the fee schedule to live with the sword of Damocles hanging over their head year after year after year.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott emphasizes the unfairness of the current payment system's uncertainty.

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