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so if the face of all this, how can consumers find the best prices for generic drupgs? no federal agency keeps track of all the retail prices and state resources are limited. so others stepped in. new websites to help consumers compare drug prices launched including good rx, foe counseleded by doug hur heirsch. he came up with his own plan after he found wildly different prices for his generic drug. >> this is inefficient. i jews orbitz for looking at allianz. why is it so difficult to know the cost of their prescription drug? >> reporter: they aggregate billions from pharmacies across the united states and matches them with discounts, coupons klugs and other plans that hirsch says many consumers don't know about. >> there are all sorts of different discounts. this is an online pharmacy. this is a coupon price at kmart. >> reporter: it launched last year and information in demand. he says the website gets almost a million visits a month. it's the type of information my mom, who today has medicare and low deductible for prescriptions hopes people will pay attention to. >
so if the face of all this, how can consumers find the best prices for generic drupgs? no federal agency keeps track of all the retail prices and state resources are limited. so others stepped in. new websites to help consumers compare drug prices launched including good rx, foe counseleded by doug hur heirsch. he came up with his own plan after he found wildly different prices for his generic drug. >> this is inefficient. i jews orbitz for looking at allianz. why is it so difficult to...
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. >> just tell them the truth and we'll go get drupg abonk. >> yes, i have. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for special report. i'm chris wallace here in washington. greta goes on the record right now. >>> a new fix or another fumble? >> the rollout has been rough, that's on us. that's on me. it's on us. we fumbled the rollout. >> it's not just a broken website now. it's a broken pledge. >> two fumbles on a big game. i said that i would do everything we can to fix this problem and today i'm offering an idea that will help do it. >> no one can identify anything that the president could do to keep his pledge that is both legal and effective. >> think of a belt and suspenders. what the belt will put forth will be one and what we will do will be the other. >> what we see
. >> just tell them the truth and we'll go get drupg abonk. >> yes, i have. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for special report. i'm chris wallace here in washington. greta goes on the record right now. >>> a new fix or another fumble? >> the rollout has been rough, that's on us. that's on me. it's on us. we fumbled the rollout. >> it's not just a broken website now. it's a broken pledge. >> two fumbles on a big game. i...
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we'll go get drupg abonk. >> yes, i have. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for special report. i'm chris wallace here in washington. greta goes on the record right now. >>> a new fix or another fumble? >> the rollout has been rough, that's on us. that's on me. it's on us. we fumbled the rollout. >> it's not just a broken website now. it's a broken pledge. >> two fumbles on a big game. i said that i would do everything we can to fix this problem and today i'm offering an idea that will help do it. >> no one can identify anything that the president could do to keep his pledge that is both legal and effective. >> think of a belt and suspenders. what the belt will put forth will be one and what we will do will be the other. >> what we see is a political band-aid, it is not a solution. >> insurers can stepped the current plan that would otherwise be canceled into 2014 and americans whose plans have been canceled can choose to reenroll. this fix won't solve every person for every person. >> let's be clear, the only person to fully protect the american pe
we'll go get drupg abonk. >> yes, i have. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for special report. i'm chris wallace here in washington. greta goes on the record right now. >>> a new fix or another fumble? >> the rollout has been rough, that's on us. that's on me. it's on us. we fumbled the rollout. >> it's not just a broken website now. it's a broken pledge. >> two fumbles on a big game. i said that i would do everything we can to...