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Cliff Bentz: “There was a bill that would have done a lot to reel in…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Five on 5: Rep. Cliff Bentz – (R) Oregon, District 2

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

Can you speak on what you're doing to help pass this legislation? Well, we better define what a PBM is. Cause I'm going to guess most viewers don't know pharmacy pharmacist managers. Right. And so There was a bill that would have done a lot to reel in control reduce the additional cost that's added to our healthcare by PBMs. But that bill didn't pass last year. so another bill has been brought in its place. I support doing something in the PBM space. We are now discussing the new bill, which is brought by the same person, Buddy Carter of Georgia, and he knows this backwards and forwards. (02:27–02:43)

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Asserts that a bill aimed at reducing healthcare costs related to PBMs did not pass last year.

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