80% Of Public Favors Repealing Medicare Rx “Interference Prohibition” – Kaiser Survey
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Nearly as many respondents (73%) support prescription drug importation from Canada, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health survey finds. The top priority among respondents was “lowering the cost of health care and insurance.”
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