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Tammy Baldwin: “If I recall the sort of chain of command, the patient advocate was answering to or supervised or directed by the…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2017
If I recall the sort of chain of command, the patient advocate was answering to or supervised or directed by the supervising physician who was actually treating Jason that was sort of the chain of command rather than an independent advocacy.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Baldwin highlights the lack of independence in patient advocacy within the healthcare system.

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