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April 30, 2016

Toomey bill to reduce over-prescribing of pain killers

ALLENTOWN — During a visit to the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest Friday, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., announced his support for bipartisan legislation to reverse an Obamacare provision that doctors,

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