Opinion: BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee strong-arms frontline doctors
Marilyn McLeod
Marilyn McLeod is an emergency medicine clinician for TeamHealth, serving in Memphis.
“For more than two years, our heroic clinicians have risked their safety while treating patients on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic in communities large and small.”
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