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'Healthy Maine' Prescription Drug Program in Peril

NPR | By Joanne Silberner
Published December 25, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Health officials in Maine plan emergency meetings Thursday in response to a Tuesday court decision that could shut down a program that helps lower-income people buy prescription drugs. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

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Joanne Silberner
Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.
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