We're a pretty clear example of you have an IHS facility, you've got an emergency room out in the Mat-Su Valley, you've got a clinic, you've got a VA, a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) that's there, and you could literally have an individual going from facility to facility to facility almost, if you will, venue shopping for prescriptions.
Lisa Murkowski: “We're a pretty clear example of you have an IHS facility, you've got an emergency room out in the Mat-Su Valley, you've…”
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Murkowski discusses the challenges of prescription shopping in Alaska's healthcare system.
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