Who comes between you and your doctor?

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By Trudy Lieberman

Special to The SUN

How many times have you heard politicians say that no bureaucrat should come between you and your doctor?

You and your physician should decide when you need to go to the hospital or when you might want to wait out that cold before taking an antibiotic. At least that’s been the American ideal of the doctor-patient relationship.

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