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Howard Griffith: “Without transparency, Mr. Merritt, I can't figure out for the life of me why the insurance companies can't deal directly…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Without transparency, Mr. Merritt, I can't figure out for the life of me why the insurance companies can't deal directly with the manufacturers and the pharmacists and what value is it that you are adding?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Griffith questions the lack of transparency in the relationship between insurance companies and drug manufacturers.

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