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Jan 14, 2014 ·
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Top 4 issues medical associations will take to state legislatures in 2014

As state lawmakers prepare for this year's legislative sessions, about 200 medical association leaders last week discussed strategies for advancing medicine's top legislative and regulatory priorities in 2014.

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