"What about the intent? Don't tell me that intent doesn't matter, because it does, in this case, because the administration knew the intent."
"You abused the system, is what you did."
"I find it repulsive what you have done."
"I believe it creates perverse incentives for PBMs to shut out independent pharmacies at the expense of the American public."
"you rape the public, and you give this a black eye, I find it repulsive."
"That is one of the worst things about the Affordable Care Act."
"Drugstores just want to get paid what they are paying for it."
"That is a conflict of interest."
"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 u..."
"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."
"And there are no two MAC lists that are the same. Each PBM generates their own separate list, correct?"