Again, let me ask, through the Chair, if I might, is it not true that if Medicare then can offer this plan on behalf of tens of millions of seniors, Medicare can go to the drug companies and say: All right, you want to sell us Celebrex or Zoloft or whatever; what is the best price you will offer Medicare? Isn't that more of an assurance that the prices seniors will pay under that alternative will be lower?
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