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Originally Posted by merrylander
Get rid of the four or five wholesellers, it is the middlemen who jack up the prices.
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That's frankly not true. There are relatively few brand name drug manufacturers, but a large number of secondary / generic manufacturers. Wholesalers/distributors provide a valuable service connecting retailers with the multitude of domestic and international suppliers. If the retailers had to deal with that complexity, their costs of procurement would likely rise.