"Growing Pains"
A patient with a lot of time
on his hands
and private insurance
keeps the team busy

Phillip and Aaron announce
that they are buying the hospital back

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In Short: Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keeping the solvent do not please any of their colleagues. An HMO lawyer obsessed with "patient responsibilty" holds the reigns on some lucrative coronary-bypass business. A patient with private insurance receives test after test for all of his petty complaints.

Guest Starring: Kathryn Harold (as Karen Wilder), Amie Carey (as Maricella Keith), and Stu Charno (as Dr. Lloyd Chernow)

Story: Sara B. Charno
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Directed By: Jim Charleston

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Phillip Watters to the other doctors:
"All right, shut up! If you can't listen without whining, get out of here! All I hear is concern about your salary, or whether somebody's going to be looking over your shoulder. The days of doctors being god is over! It's gone."

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