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Tina Smith: If people cannot afford the therapies and the medicines that we are imagining, that we are creating, then we have a real…

On the recordAugust 22, 2018
If people cannot afford the therapies and the medicines that we are imagining, that we are creating, then we have a real problem.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Senator Smith highlights the issue of affordability in accessing new therapies.

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