erin trish joins us to talk about this. how did you come up with that study and how did you make the comparison to purchasing the generic drug at cosco? guest: good morning at thank you for having me. my colleagues and i were having a conversation with an executive from a generic manufacturing firm. they provided some kind of provocative anecdotes for us. they make these generic drugs. they knew how much they were selling those pills for when they made them. those same generic drugs at the pharmacy, what were they charging them just for when the employees were selling those drugs. they share with us they were charging them about six times more than what they were selling those drugs for. that really just piqued our interest. it got interested in looking in the hood, where were those dollars going? were there examples of places where you could reduce those prices and drive on efficiency and value? host: let's talk about pharmacy benefit managers, who do they work for? why is that system in place? guest: pbm's are these large

also, a look at daycare and prescription drug pricing with erin trish from the university of southern california. washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. ntinues. host: for a discussion on critical race theory we are joined by ian rowe american enterprise institute resident fellow and bryn mawr college assistant professor of education chanelle wilson. last week, critical race theory getting a lot of attention in part because of the heads of major teachers unions defending educators who teach it in the classroom. explain first exactly what critical race theory is, but also how prevalent it is

also, a look at daycare and prescription drug pricing with erin trish from the university of southern california. washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. ntinues. host: for a discussion on critical race theory we are joined by ian rowe american enterprise institute resident fellow and bryn mawr college assistant professor of education chanelle wilson. last week, critical race theory getting a lot of attention in part because of the heads of major teachers unions defending educators who teach it in the classroom. explain first exactly what critical race theory is, but also how prevalent it is in american classrooms today. guest: good morning. just thinking about what it is, i have a simple or definite fish -- definition. it is a framework to analyze and challenge racism in structures and discourses. simply put, it helps us to see the ways that systemic racism operates and the ways it's embedded in structures and processes that occur in the united states. so thinking about how p

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