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Michael Bennet: “It would be much better to pay a flat fee that was representative of the true cost of administering the drug and a…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2017
It would be much better to pay a flat fee that was representative of the true cost of administering the drug and a reasonable profit, rather than to have it be based on cost plus percent of cost.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet suggests a better payment model for chemotherapy drugs under Medicare.

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