"This is an issue of access to care for patients," Dr. Mary Frank, a California family physician, told AMA delegates before Monday's vote. "It's affecting not just women," but also patients using psychiatric medication, painkillers and other drugs.
Under the policy adopted at the AMA's annual meeting, the nation's largest physicians' group will support legislation that requires pharmacists to fill valid prescriptions or to immediately refer patients to other pharmacies that will.
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