Doug Collins: “The 300 [doctors] was a 1.5% of all of my doctors in the VA.”

“One of the issues that was talked about earlier today is the issue of doctor pay, especially in recruitment. And we talked about the Dole act and the 300 that were applied to it. The 300 [doctors] was a 1.5% of all of my doctors in the VA. It was putting an inequity. I want to see and I would love to work with you and others on this committee to say let's look at our 5 or …” (08:19–08:25)

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