07/18/2023
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"We need to pass the legislation that Elijah Cummings championed and that President Trump used to support before he broke his campaign pledges."
"According to the non-partisan CBO, allowing the Federal Government to negotiate directly with drug companies could lower spending on brand name drugs by about $456 billion."
"I just think that these NDC blocks were tremendously profitable for Novartis, as they have been for other companies, and the cost is not paid by the company. It is paid by the patients, it is paid by ..."
"Drug companies are hiking their prices higher and higher, and placing an even greater burden on the very patients who rely on these drugs to survive."