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Congress and health care: Stopping opioid overdoses

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Richard Payerchin

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, offers a physician’s perspective on health care and Washington, D.C.

Opioid overdose deaths remain near record highs in the United States. Want to stop it? Shut the flow of fentanyl entering the United States through its southern border, said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina).

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