Benjamin on doctors
Benjamin9 quotes“Unless we put medical freedom into the constitution the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship and force people who wish doctors and treatment of their own choice to submit to only what the dictating outfit offers.”
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BenjaminBenjamin The best doctors give the least medicines
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For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.
Ben NelsonBen Nelson The best doctors give the least medicines
BenjaminBenjamin You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch [Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up.
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch Doctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.
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