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Doctors Demand Prescription Privacy

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a plan that would make the state the first in the nation to prohibit the sale of the prescriptions doctors write.

The pharmaceutical industry warns the bill poses a threat to physicians and patients alike.

But supporters say the measure would slow rising healthcare costs and limit the industry's influence over doctors.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has more.

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