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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…”

On the recordMay 22, 2018
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.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the challenges of prescription shopping in Alaska's healthcare system.

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