05/13/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"The savings are not always reaching the patient."
"If we paid the same prices for prescription drugs as major countries around the world were paying, we could save over $1 trillion in 10 years."
"The good news is that was a result of a lot of public pressure, we have recently seen the major drug companies substantially reduce their prices."
"Let's be clear, while Americans pay outrageously high prices for prescription drugs, the pharmaceutical industry and the PBMs make enormous profits every year."