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Senator Schumer Attacks PhRMA

Date: March 6, 2003
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

OVERBY: But meaningful is a flexible concept. PhRMA and its members, the big profitable brand-name drug companies, may have a different definition than, say, congressional Democrats. Here's New York Senator Charles Schumer.

Senator CHARLES SCHUMER (Democrat, New York): PhRMA is very much afraid of Medicare actually producing a drug benefit because they're worried that there will be negotiations to bring down price.

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