Also, if you're just going to kind of cram these huge profit driven, explosive prices on the taxpayer, it's going to bury Medicare and Medicaid. You know, In the VA they have price negotiation in the Medicare program. Congress, thanks to Tom Delay, made it illegal to bulk price and negotiate when you're buying drugs. VA oftentimes the same drug will cost 50, 60, 70% less than what it will cost. Through Medicare, Canada negotiates price discounts. (03:00–03:12)
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Asserts that VA negotiates drug prices, but Medicare cannot due to a law influenced by Tom Delay.
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