Phil Gingrey: “Because I wanted to ask the gentleman on that point about the independent pharmacists, what we call the corner druggists…”

“Because I wanted to ask the gentleman on that point about the independent pharmacists, what we call the corner druggists back in Georgia and maybe also in Texas. I would love for the gentleman maybe to elaborate a little bit on some of the concerns that I know a lot of the Members have heard from the community. Independent pharmacists, not the big chain, but the moms and pops, if you will, God bless them, have some concerns and have had some concerns, and we have been talking about that. In fact, as the gentleman knows, Mr. Speaker, just this morning, we had conversations with Secretary Leavitt and Dr. Mark McClellan, the director of CMS. They are aware of these concerns, and we may want to discuss that for a moment or two and how we plan to continue to work really closely with those corner druggists that a lot of our patients call, they call them ``doctor''----”