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Ron Johnson

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Ron Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government accountability during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the federal deficit and has often emphasized the need for economic growth through private sector initiatives.

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Mar 30, 2023

Competition solves an awful lot of problems, and we just do not have the competition, and certainly not in the PBM markets.

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Mar 30, 2023

The biggest problem with PBMs is we have Medicare and their formularies, and it makes it so unbelievably complex.

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Mar 30, 2023

The biggest problem with PBMs is we have Medicare and their formularies, and it makes it so unbelievably complex.

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Mar 30, 2023

I think PBMs--this is a really interesting hearing, okay? But if you eliminate all the profitability and all the incentives for creating new drugs, you have not really made a dent in our health-care spend.

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Mar 30, 2023

Do we not also need more consumer involvement?

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Mar 30, 2023

Competition solves an awful lot of problems, and we just do not have the competition, and certainly not in the PBM markets.

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Mar 29, 2023

Do we not also need more consumer involvement?

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Mar 29, 2023

Then the economy will take care of it. If it's cheaper, we'll move investments towards those cheaper energy sources.

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Mar 29, 2023

So let me ask. Who is doing these studies? I mean what kind of government grants are they getting from the agencies that want to prove climate change?

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Mar 29, 2023

Yeah listen. I have the greatest respect for peer-reviewed literature.

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Mar 29, 2023

Yeah listen. I have the greatest respect for peer-reviewed literature.

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Mar 29, 2023

The costs that I've listened to in these five hearings pale, I mean pale in comparison to what we've already I would say wasted, $5 trillion trying to hold back the tides.

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Mar 29, 2023

So let me ask. Who is doing these studies? I mean what kind of government grants are they getting from the agencies that want to prove climate change?

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Mar 29, 2023

We just spent $391 billion that we don't have, mortgaging our kids' future.

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Mar 29, 2023

We've already spent $5 trillion and haven't even moved the mark because the rest of the world is going to continue to do fossil fuels.

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Mar 29, 2023

We just spent $391 billion that we don't have, mortgaging our kids' future.

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Mar 29, 2023

We've already spent $5 trillion and haven't even moved the mark because the rest of the world is going to continue to do fossil fuels.

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Mar 29, 2023

The costs that I've listened to in these five hearings pale, I mean pale in comparison to what we've already I would say wasted, $5 trillion trying to hold back the tides.

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Mar 29, 2023

If you let in the competitive market system with consumers participating in it, you will get price transparency just as a natural part of it.

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Mar 29, 2023

I think PBMs--this is a really interesting hearing, okay? But if you eliminate all the profitability and all the incentives for creating new drugs, you have not really made a dent in our health-care spend.

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Mar 29, 2023

Competition solves an awful lot of problems, and we just do not have the competition, and certainly not in the PBM markets.

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Mar 29, 2023

The biggest problem with PBMs is we have Medicare and their formularies, and it makes it so unbelievably complex.

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Mar 29, 2023

Then the economy will take care of it. If it's cheaper, we'll move investments towards those cheaper energy sources.

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