But in Medicare Part D, generally speaking, the costs are far lower than ever imagined, seniors have far more choices th...
I wasn't really planning to chase that, but it was a comment made, and I appreciate the discussion.
You know, there was a lot of debate about that during the discussions regarding health care reform.
I mean, again, you sounded pretty credible on the front end, but what you're telling me right now is not particularly cr...
messing with it in any way would likely lead to some unintended negative consequences.
Wouldn't it also lower the price to Medicare if you just charged a lower price without the rebate to the physician?
But in a perfect world, you could do that yourself, right? I mean, in the world we live in today, which is not perfect--...
It seems like that a competitive market and keeping things competitive, much as has been alluded to in earlier testimony...
Well, if the purpose in doing this is to lower the cost of the drug to the end user or the end payer, and you could get ...
It's amazing to me. I know that most of these witnesses were chosen by the majority, which is the way things work around...
It's interesting sitting up here and listening to testimony, and Dr. Rosenfeld and Dr. Adamis seem like very good folks ...
I think, again, to restate what you're saying is Medicare Part D works really, really well as far as the competition goe...
I believe that the Congressional Budget Office has scored a policy that would require Medicaid-level rebates for certain...
I think in spite of the push by many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to push you into direct negotiation...
everything we need to do needs to move us towards much, much greater competition and innovation
When you look at it from an issue of keeping those jobs here, it is vitally important.
I do not understand why... this one entity is one that should have absolutely no checks and balances.
We are moving to a spending bill without a budget.
