Pharmaceutical Firms and the Health Care Agenda

By Julie Rovner

Published November 30, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Steve is joined by NPR's Health Policy Correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss what pharmaceutical companies got for all their campaign contributions. (3:37)

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