States should treat pharma as a utility or it it's 'lights out' for patients - STAT

States should treat pharma as a utility or it it's 'lights out' for patients - STAT

If the states don’t treat pharma as a utility, it may be ‘lights out’ for too many patients

By ED SILVERMAN

DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

What if states treat the pharmaceutical industry like a utility and cap what they will pay for certain medicines? 

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