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On the recordJune 23, 2013
I think, one of our problems in government is we see a problem, and then our rules of government make it to where we cannot save the lives of the next 1,600 people who are going to die from a prescription drug overdose because we are not managing the Medicare Part D program through CMS effectively.
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn criticizes government inefficiency in addressing prescription drug overdoses.

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