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Karen Thurman: “People would cry if they heard some of the letters I have gotten as we have started talking about this: wives saying I…”

On the recordJune 12, 2001
People would cry if they heard some of the letters I have gotten as we have started talking about this: wives saying I cannot take my medicine any more because my husband needs it more; or I can only take it half the time. Guess what happens? These folks end up in the hospital. They end up in the hospital; and now we have Medicare, which, in fact, as the gentlewoman pointed out, pays for inpatient medicines. So they pay for the inpatient medicine. So we get the person healthy, or as healthy as we can.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the impact of medication access on families and hospitalizations.

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