Buddy Carter

If that is true, don't you find it somewhat odd that CMS found it necessary to mandate, to require, that these MAC lists be updated every 7 days and that 26 States have passed laws requiring PBMs to update their MAC lists?

I find it repulsive what you have done.

I am disgusted that we are here today to talk about drug price increases.

That is one of the worst things about the Affordable Care Act.

you rape the public, and you give this a black eye, I find it repulsive.

Drugstores just want to get paid what they are paying for it.

That is a conflict of interest.

Mr. Merritt, isn't it true that your organization, PBMs, pharmacy benefit managers, isn't it true that three of your member companies control over 75 percent of the PBM market?

That is spread pricing. That is what is happening, because you are not increasing--you are not updating--the PBMs are not updating their MAC lists.

None of the witnesses here today have had to look into the eyes of someone who is trying to make a decision between buying groceries and buying medication.

And there are no two MAC lists that are the same. Each PBM generates their own separate list, correct?

As the only pharmacist in Congress, I know free-market principles are the best way to provide quality, affordable health care to the American people.

You abused the system, is what you did.

That to me seems to be a clear sign that there is a lot of positive growth and the support behind the charter schools.

It is a honor for us to serve as representatives of the people, but like anything else, sometimes it can be a grind.

I have always said poverty breeds poverty, and we have to break that cycle.

Well, many inmates may want to get that treatment program, but I suspect that all citizens want them to get it.

What are we doing to help in the prison system, to help with those type of programs?

I do not see where signing a contract is going to make that big of a difference.

I think this would without question deter our small businesses from setting up plans like this that are so essential to us.

We want to make sure those welders are available, that we're not having to go out of State to get them.

I believe this is a perfect opportunity to show the American people that we are listening and that we, too, are fed up with the out-of-control spending and the Washington bureaucracy ignoring the will of the people.

I applaud Senator Kaine for the way he has handled this and Senator Isakson in the past as well.

I want to assure, for the record, everyone here that we are all about the same objective, and that is this.

I applaud the State Department for taking one last look at this to make sure that we spend the money that is absolutely necessary.