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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
one of the things they talk about in here is a prescriber in my home state of Indiana wrote an average of 24 opioid prescriptions each for 108 beneficiaries in a year, costing Medicare Part D $1.1 million just to that Indiana physician.
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Jackie Walorski
Republican · Indiana

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Walorski highlights concerning opioid prescription practices in Indiana.

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