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To: Road Walker who wrote (459217)	2/25/2009 9:41:09 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573211

Of course. I think we are the only country that the Feds don't negotiate with the drug companies, even when they are the payers. You are basically wrong about this. Medicare Part D is provided by insurance companies, not Medicare Services, and those insurance companies are free to negotiate with drug companies just like any others. And they have essentially the same power as Medicare would directly; their numbers are huge (since there aren't that many companies in the Part D business). So, I'm not sure what your complaint is.