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On the recordApril 14, 2016
It cannot just be another Federal mandate like, you got to do this and it needs to come from underneath within the health systems.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin argues for grassroots change in opioid prescription practices over federal mandates.

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