Mike Collins: “Well, we are back at it tonight. We are going to be going at a subject that I have been down here before on and will…”

“Well, we are back at it tonight. We are going to be going at a subject that I have been down here before on and will continue to come down here on until, frankly, I believe that we are moving forward with this issue that affects pretty much every hometown of every Congressman here. It is amazing, though, how much we don't know about it. It is amazing how much it goes unreported and how much it gets looked over. In the sake of the shiny object of savings, our community pharmacists, our independent pharmacists, are being basically run out of business. Mr. Speaker, I don't tell you anything new. For my friends who will join me here tonight, this is about hometown America. This is about the healthcare chain that we all talk about. And a forgotten element of that healthcare chain is something that we need to focus on. Community pharmacists fill an important niche in our healthcare system, serving as the primary healthcare provider for over 62 million Americans. They dispense roughly 40 percent of the prescriptions nationwide and a higher percentage in rural areas, especially mine in northeast Georgia.…”