> There is, generally, almost no price pressure. That's not actually true. There's tons of price pressure, but it all happens behind the scenes, and in a way t

> There is, generally, almost no price pressure. That's not actually true. There's tons of price pressure, but it all happens behind the scenes, and in a way that's invisible to patients. The way payments are structured, downward price pressure on suppliers may even correspond to an increase in the (apparent) out-of-pocket cost to patients. That doesn't mean that the overall amount that the manufacturers are getting paid isn't decreasing, though.