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Frank Lautenberg: Is it justifiable that at the end, the patient is there, begging for mercy, begging for life, and having to pay an…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
Is it justifiable that at the end, the patient is there, begging for mercy, begging for life, and having to pay an outrageous price?
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg emphasizes the distress faced by patients due to high drug prices.

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