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Ron DeSantis: “There's some physicians that won't see patients if they…”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives

Published | Video Starts at 08:22

You had this girl, I think she was a teenager, and she needed a surgery, and she got rejected because she hadn't taken the flu and Covid shots. And I'm just thinking to myself, how could you do the discrimination like that? There's some physicians that won't see patients if they don't do some of these things. So the thing is, that's not informed consent because, like, you either do it or you suffer consequences. And I think Joe's been very good at saying that. (08:22–08:26)

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Asserts that some physicians refuse to see patients who haven't taken certain medical actions.

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