claim: federal law adopted "under tommy thompson's watch" prohibits the government from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens
author: tammy baldwin
evidence_1: milwaukee – tommy thompson has called himself the “mastermind” of a ...  illegal for the medicare program to negotiate lower drug prices for wisconsin  seniors. ... to make it illegal for the government to negotiate lower prescription  drug prices, ... adopted 'under tommy thompson's watch' prohibits the federal  government ...
evidence_2: the government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered ...  federal law adopted "under tommy thompson's watch" prohibits the government  from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens.
evidence_3: federal law adopted "under tommy thompson's watch" prohibits the government  from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens.
evidence_4: seniors have waited 38 years for this prescription drug benefit to be added to the  medicare ... medicare catastrophic coverage act (enacted as p.l. 100–360 in  1988, ... pharmacy benefit managers (with federal assistance in price negotiation)  ... part d enrollees prohibited from buying private supplemental drug coverage ...
evidence_5: nov 2, 2012 ... true accurate with nothing significant missing. baldwin: federal law adopted " under tommy thompson's watch" prohibits the government from negotiating for " better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens. true.