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Carolyn Maloney: “But I would just like to ask the panel, what about changing the incentive and saying instead of do you have any pain…”

On the recordMay 8, 2019
But I would just like to ask the panel, what about changing the incentive and saying instead of do you have any pain, ask the doctor have you tried every other way to relieve the pain and give the incentive to the doctor to talk to the person that you may be uncomfortable for one day but you are much better off not taking these killer opioids.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney questions the current opioid prescription incentives and suggests alternatives.

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