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Melissa Hughes: “A bunch of states have started importing from Canada to…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Who Will Fix Wisconsin Healthcare? Missy Hughes Makes Her Case

Published | Video Starts at 03:43

… we have levels set for our chronic care drugs like insulin and other drugs that are taking care of chronic diseases, that we're capping the costs on those. And then A bunch of states have started importing from Canada to relieve drug prices, and they're our neighbors, so we're going to start doing that, too. So those are the two big ways that I'm really going after costs. But then, you know, I really also want to focus on the insurance companies because we know … (03:43–03:53)

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Asserts that Wisconsin will start importing drugs from Canada to reduce drug prices.

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