Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110526:04:35:00
Why aren't we authorizing the secretary of health and human services to negotiate volume discounts just like the secretary of veteran affairs does? that's are common sense steps to take down costs. the republicans won't do that because they like the protect the pharmaceutical industry just like they like to protect the big oil industry. they want to terminate medicare to fund tax breaks for big oil. there are concepts that we can discuss, and again, forgive me for being repetitive, but i am message disciplined. we are democrats because we provide and defend medicare. they're republicans becaus...