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Jim McDermott: “The bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
The bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott stresses that patient outcomes are the priority over efficiency and cost savings.

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