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Sherrod Brown: “When it could have been so simple. When it could have simply been one discount card where the government negotiated…”

On the recordMay 5, 2004
When it could have been so simple. When it could have simply been one discount card where the government negotiated price, using 40 million beneficiaries as the negotiating pool, could have gotten one much lower price. Instead of that, because the drug and insurance companies wanted it, the President made it very, very confusing.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the complexity of a government drug pricing program.

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