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Rob Mercuri: “Prescription benefit managers do a good job today of…”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

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On The Issues: Rob Mercuri (3/27/2024)

Published | Video Starts at 14:54

What would you support to drive down the cost of health care and prescription drugs? Well, there's a lot of factors in terms of the cost of those of those elements and Prescription benefit managers do a good job today of handling that part of the equation. Now the regulatory oversight and some of the cost provisions that are being considered towards the mid cycle of a new drug's life cycle, where that drug already profitable to the company that created it, would then be more widely available at a lower cost. (14:54–15:02)

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Asserts that prescription benefit managers are effective in managing prescription drug costs.

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