Our committee remains very concerned about the long-term sustainability challenges the state-based exchanges face.
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Tim Murphy expresses concerns over the sustainability of state-based exchanges.
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I appreciate that. That is a problem we are going to have to fix in our committee. I want to call up the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson), eastern Ohio. Speaking of being able to jump across State lines and have prescriptions filled…
In 2015, there were more than 52,000 deaths from drug overdose in the U.S., with more than 33,000 deaths involving an opioid.
For 2016, we have learned from an analysis by The New York Times that we have lost roughly 60,000 people to drug overdoses.
I know when I was prescribed a lot of fentanyl and other opiates when I had an injury in Iraq, nobody ever asked me about any other questions, just, take these, take these, take these.





