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Ed Markey: I just think it has turned into medicine for the shareholders and not medicine for the people like my father.

On the recordFebruary 7, 2024
I just think it has turned into medicine for the shareholders and not medicine for the people like my father.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the focus on profits over patient care in medicine.

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