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The Rural Patients Bill
Rural patients get protection from drug discount program bias
Joint Order, to Recall from the Governor's Desk to the Senate L.D. 1018, An Act to Protect Health Care for Rural and Underserved Areas by Prohibiting Discrimination by Participants in a Federal Drug Discount Program
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The bill would stop drug discount programs from refusing to serve rural or underserved communities, keeping medicine affordable for those patients.
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If passed, pharmacies can’t turn away small towns, so residents won’t lose access to cheap drugs; now is the chance to protect them before the program changes.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Bill aims to protect health care in rural and underserved areas.
- Prohibits discrimination by participants in a federal drug discount program.
- Introduced by Senator Donna Bailey.
- Currently introduced and not yet passed.
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