Instead of harnessing the power of consumer choice to lower costs overall by aligning lower cost sharing with lower total costs, the plans divide the interests of individual beneficiaries on the one hand, and the Medicare Program on the other, in order to increase the profits of related entity mail-order pharmacies.
Sarbanes criticizes how Medicare plans manipulate costs for profit.
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