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Debbie Stabenow: “If you have cystic fibrosis and need the latest drug to improve lung function, should you have to pay $300,000?”

On the recordJune 7, 2017
If you have cystic fibrosis and need the latest drug to improve lung function, should you have to pay $300,000?
Said by
Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the exorbitant costs of cystic fibrosis medication.

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