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6th Circuit: OK to ration hepatitis C treatment to prisoners

by Associated Press
| August 25, 2020 10:03 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a split decision, a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Tennessee's rationing of life-saving hepatitis C drugs to prisoners as constitutional.

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