Morphine, Adderall, & Antibiotics: Inside America’s Medicine Supply Shortage | Amanpour and Company

Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.S. healthcare system is still struggling with shortages of medicine and supplies. Dr. Mahshid Abir is an emergency physician and senior policy researcher at the RAND corporation. She tells Hari Sreenivasan what is behind this crisis and what might be done to address it.

Originally aired on December 12, 2022

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