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Joe Manchin: “But, if we cannot control it in the military--and, if the VA, Medicaid, and Medicare would not be dispensing opiates…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
But, if we cannot control it in the military--and, if the VA, Medicaid, and Medicare would not be dispensing opiates like M&Ms...
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the need to control opioid dispensing in military and VA healthcare.

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