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David Cicilline: “And we talk a lot about another effort to permit the Federal Government to negotiate discounted prices directly with…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
And we talk a lot about another effort to permit the Federal Government to negotiate discounted prices directly with pharmaceutical companies to the Medicare program, which they're prohibited from doing.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses the need for government negotiation on drug prices.

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