Episode
Chicago Hope: Growing Pains
Overview
Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keping the solvent do not please any of their colleagues. An HMO lawyer obsessed with ""patient responsibilty"" holds the reins on some lucrative coronary-bypass business. A patient with private insurance receives test after test for all of his petty complaints.
Details
- Series
- Chicago Hope
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1997-03-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Growing Pains is Episode 18 in Season 3 of Chicago Hope. It aired on 1997-03-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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