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On the recordMay 10, 2023
I think we have a very strange system here because--to say the least, because most of us would think that the rebate, the discount that is negotiated by the PBMs, would largely benefit the consumer at the pharmacy counter.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins critiques the pharmacy benefit manager system's failure to benefit consumers.

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