Monday, March 14, 2016

"We're up against some big financial pressures here ...

... [with the pharmaceutical industry a few years ago collectively spending $435,000 per member of Congress on lobbying activities]. Governors on a bipartisan basis can say, 'We are above all of that. We are going to come up with protocols [for opioid prescribing] that make a difference.' I'm just asking us, do we want to do it? Do we have the courage? Do we have the heart to do it?"

— Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) asked members of the National Governors Association's Health and Human Services Committee on Feb 20, when they agreed to develop a set of protocols for opioid prescribing that could be presented for approval at the NGA's summer meeting in August.

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