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Old 04-05-2018, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
So, it is fine that the Government is paying a lot more for the Sara Lee bread in the WIC program than a full priced paying customer? It sure doesn't seem right to me. Why can't Sara Lee and Walmart offer a cheaper price or at least the same price to the Government as a regular customer pays?
No it is not so we have to get people in Congress that work for us. Unfortunately not all rules work out as intended but as a vendor you have to follow the rules. Medicare overpays for most of its medicines as the law does not let medicare bargain for a lower price.