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Robert J. Dickson 600 Georgetowne Court Wexford, PA 15090 724-272-1527 July 21, 2015 The Honorable Pat Toomey United States Senate 248 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: Medicare Prescription Dear Senator Toomey: As we all know, Medicare will have funding issues in future years so it is important to operate Medicare as cost effectively as possible. However, a current law prevents Medicare from negotiating with drug companies to lower prices. But rather Medicare must purchase drugs at the retail value, even though other groups, including other countries, are able to negotiate lower prices for drugs. Giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate prices for prescription drugs covered by Medicare could potentially save billions of dollars. I urge you to cosponsor and support S.31, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015. Sincerely yours,

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Page 1: Medicare Drug Pricing

Robert J. Dickson600 Georgetowne Court

Wexford, PA 15090724-272-1527

July 21, 2015

The Honorable Pat ToomeyUnited States Senate248 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510

RE: Medicare Prescription

Dear Senator Toomey:

As we all know, Medicare will have funding issues in future years so it is important to operate Medicare as cost effectively as possible. However, a current law prevents Medicare from negotiating with drug companies to lower prices. But rather Medicare must purchase drugs at the retail value, even though other groups, including other countries, are able to negotiate lower prices for drugs.

Giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate prices for prescription drugs covered by Medicare could potentially save billions of dollars.

I urge you to cosponsor and support S.31, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015.

Sincerely yours,

Robert J. Dickson

Robert Dickson is chief financial officer of CardiacAssist, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. The opinions in letter are those of Robert Dickson and not those of CardiacAssist, Inc.

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