David Cicilline actually said...

"the ability to at least have some bargaining power against these pharmaceutical companies in the marketplace is something that we should attempt to preserve as much as we can."

"Mr. Balto argues in his written testimony that there is an 'increasing disregard of the antitrust laws in the pharmaceutical area' and argues as a result that 'consumers suffer from a lack of choice i..."

"So some consumer groups have argued that PBMs keep the proceeds of rebates and discounts and keep a disproportionate share of that for themselves."

"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 doi..."