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On the recordMay 16, 2016
But, you know, I just feel like if you are offended at all at the suggestions that physicians would prescribe higher cost drugs because you want to make more money then it seems to me that the suggestion of CMS, which is that there be a percentage plus, a lower percentage, plus a flat rate would be something that would not be objectionable.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky discusses concerns over drug pricing and the implications of proposed reimbursement models.

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