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Nov 2022
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John Q

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What would you do to make sure your child gets the medical care they need. That is a question on many parents minds as emergency wait times in Children's Hospitals across the country are at an all time high. In this episode, the Ellises discuss their experience in an Atlanta-area Children's Hospital, that was a microcosm of the greater crisis happening right now within the American healthcare system. Dead Ass. 

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