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Jim McDermott: Doing it at the beginning makes much better sense, because then he is thinking or she is thinking, 'I am going to spend…

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
Doing it at the beginning makes much better sense, because then he is thinking or she is thinking, 'I am going to spend my time in rural Illinois, not in Chicago.'
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott emphasizes the importance of reducing medical school debt to encourage primary care.

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