FACES.
>> GREAT REPORTING THANK YOU,
SUSAN.
>> THANK YOU.
LIZ: BIG FIGHT OVER HEALTH CARE
COST, DRUG PRICES, DEMOCRAT WANT
MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
AND TRUMP WHITE HOUSE SAID MAKE
IT A MORE FREE MARKET.
SHOW HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR DRUGS
OVER THE YEARS.
WE'LL BRING IN FOX NEWS MEDICAL
CORRESPONDENT DR. MARK SIEGEL,
YOU HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAID HEAD.
SHE IS TAKING ON NANCY PELOSI,
HERE IS NANCY PELOSI ATTACKING
TRUMP.
TRUMP HAS A WEAK PLAN, ABANDONED
HARD WORKING FAMILIES STRUGGLING
WITH CRISIS OF SURGING DRUG
PRICES, PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL ARE
A GIVE AWAY TO BIG PHARMA, DO
NOTHING TO HOLD WEALTHY DRUG
COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR PRICE
GOUGING.
REPORTER: -- VERMA UNVEILED A
NEW DRUG DASHBOARD, THEY CAN SEE
A LIST PRICE OF THE DRUGS, THEY
MADE THAT DASHBOARD 3,000 DRUGS.
YOU SEE WHICH ONES HAVE GONE UP
OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH ARE GOING
UP AND WHICH MANUFACTURER
RESPONSIBLE, ZYRTEC 20% UP.
LIZ: HOW WOULD THAT LOWER THE
COST?
>> WHAT HAPPENED MIDDLE MANAGERS
COME IN TAKEN A BIG
COME IN TAKEN A PIG
COME IN TAKEN A PROFIT AND NOT
PASSED IT TO CONSUMER, SO THE
CONSUMER PAYS HIGH COPAYS, AND
PAY OUT OF POCKET.
>> IF EVERYONE SEES THE
TRAJECTORY OF THESE INDIVIDUAL
DRUGS GOING UP, THEY WOULD SAY,
WAIT A SECOND, YOU ARE TALKING
MARKET PRESS OUR TO BRING THE
PRICES DOWN?
ONCE YOU SEE THEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ENBREL COSTS $2700 A MONTH.
LIZ: WHAT IS THAT FOR.
>> ARTHRITIS.
BUT IF A MEDICARE PATIENT SENIOR
SAID, LOOK AT THAT PRICE.
WHO IS MAKING THAT MONEY.
THE PROFIT, THEY FIND OUT IT IS
THE MIDDLE MANAGERS, THEY WILL
ASK GOVERNMENT TO HELP.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING.
LIZ: I SEE.
THEY WILL TAKE HITS.
>> RIGHT.
MORE COMPETITION.
MORE CHOICE.
VERMARC SAID LAST YEAR, THEY
NEGOTIATED WITH HOSPITALS AND
SAVED SENIORS 320 MILLION ON
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN HOSPITALS.
LIZ: DO WE HAVE A STAND BY FROM
VERMA .
YOUR SIT DOWN.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOCTOR SEIGEL
IS DISCLOSING.
>> TRANSPARENCY TOOL, AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PATIENTS AND
PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH DRUG PRICES, WE HAVE GONE
FROM 70 DRUGS ON DASHBOARD TO
3,000.
YOU CAN SEE PRICE INCREASES
YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHEN
MANUFACTURER IT IS.
LIZ: IF YOU START WITH DRUGS,
YOU COULD DO WITH HOSPITALS,
WITH DOCTOR PRICING.
THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS, SAYING
NOW.
>> YES, I ASKED HER, SAME POINT
YOU MADE, NOW I KNOW PRICES, NOW
WHAT?
THAT IS STEP ONE.
NOW YOU KNOW PRICE, THEN WE
MARCH IN WE NEGOTIATE FOR BETTER
PRICES, AND ALSO FDA COMING IN
MORE GENERICS ARE BEING
APPROVED.
YOU SAY MYAL
YOU SAY MY COSTS MUCH LESS.
LIZ: A BIG DEAL.
>> SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING,
WHETHER NOT SELLING TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES AT LOWER PRICES, THE
WAY WE HAVE BEEN, THAT IS
RIDICULOUS.
YOU SEE GERMANY COMES IN SAYING
I AMING
I AM GG
I AM GOING TO BUY THE DRUGS BUT
I PAY LOWER, AND THEY SAY SURE.
WE GET HIT.
LIZ: WE PAY FOR THE OVERSEAS
CONSUMERS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH
PRESIDENT BLOCKING OTHER COUNTRY
FROM GOUGING US, THAT HE WILL DO
THAT WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PRICES.
LIZ: I LOVE THIS STORY.
>> PATIENTS LESS OUT OF POCKET
KEY, SENIORS CANNOT AFFORD.
TOUGH WITH WHAT GOING ON WITH
SENIORS THIS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE
HEALTH CARE PRICES IN HOSPITALS
AND DOCTORS NOT JUST DRUGS.
>> USING PRIVATE FORCES, SHE HAS
DONE THIS NIND