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Maxine Waters: “Should a patient be denied access to a potentially life-saving drug like Remdesivir because a hospital was unable to…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2020
Should a patient be denied access to a potentially life-saving drug like Remdesivir because a hospital was unable to comply with the sudden change in HHS reporting requirements?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters questions the fairness of HHS reporting changes affecting drug access.

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