TAMWORTH — More needs to be done about price gouging of prescription drugs and making sure everyone has access to health care, citizens told U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas in Tamworth on Tuesday.
About 40 citizens attended the prescription drug town hall Pappas (D-Manchester) held at the Tri-County Community Action Program building. Most said more needs to be done to just basically to fix health care in America.
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