John Rother

National Coalition on Health Care

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Chief executive of the National Coalition on Health Care, a nonprofit coalition that advocates for healthcare affordability on behalf of doctors, patients, insurance companies, and labor unions

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Earlier this year, when pharma exec Martin Shkreli bought the rights to an old drug and then raised its price 5000%, Americans named him the most hated man in the country.

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