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Congresswoman Harshbarger says pharmacy benefit managers manipulate drug prices, squeezing out small town pharmacies

Tennessee Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger says in House floor remarks that in northeast Tennessee rural health care was a lifeline to people especially who lived in remote areas and were limited or had no mode of transportation, and when a rural hospital shut down it didn't just take away health care but took away jobs and stability and peace of mind and it meant longer drives for emergency care, fewer options for expectant mothers and limited access for seniors and veterans who depended on those services the most, and pharmacy benefit managers were manipulating drug prices restricting choices and squeezing out small town pharmacies just fighting to survive, and they controlled what medicines people could get and at what costs.
Tennessee Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger says in House floor remarks that in northeast Tennessee rural health care was a lifeline to people especially who lived in remote areas and were limited or had no mode of transportation, and when a rural hospital shut down it didn't just take away health care but took away jobs and stability and peace of mind and it meant longer drives for emergency care, fewer options for expectant mothers and limited access for seniors and veterans who depended on those services the most, and pharmacy benefit managers were manipulating drug prices restricting choices and squeezing out small town pharmacies just fighting to survive, and they controlled what medicines people could get and at what costs.
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