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Dick Durbin: Also, I ask, under the underlying Grassley-Baucus bill, what force is there for cost containment? What kinds of elements…

On the recordJune 18, 2003
Also, I ask, under the underlying Grassley-Baucus bill, what force is there for cost containment? What kinds of elements are in that bill that will help bring down the cost of prescription drugs for America's families and America's seniors if we don't put Medicare into the process bargaining on their behalf?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the cost containment measures in the Grassley-Baucus bill regarding prescription drugs.

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