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Elizabeth Warren: “Express Scripts cost 12 and a half percent more than the…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Ma', Am, I'm actually going to have to take that one back for the record. You don't have to. I actually have it. It's the DOD report on this. And the answer is Express Scripts cost 12 and a half percent more than the retail pharmacy when you put them all together on the generic drugs 30 day supply. So I want to dig just a little bit into how that could happen because the way you describe the business model, it shouldn't be able to happen. (01:02–01:14)

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Asserts that Express Scripts' mail order costs 12.5% more than retail pharmacies for a 30-day supply of generic drugs.

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