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Prescriptions on the Internet

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jim Thompson, CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards, about a doctor in California who had his license revoked for prescribing medication through the Internet without examining patients.

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Robert Siegel
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.