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At first, I thought this was an old article, but apparently not. Man, that doctor is a real piece of work, especially to be on ProPublica's radar twice. They're very thorough, so it's not often they have to write more than one in-depth piece on the same person.
Here's an earlier ProPublica story on him (which I confused with this article): https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology
patient harm, including overprescribing narcotics [...] somehow remains popular among some community members.
I wonder.
late stage capitalism: every industry in this country that involves tons and tons of cash is both garbage and corrupt af. if there are any exceptions to this rule, please let me know, because i can't think of any