jim greenwood isn't just the president of bio, a former member of congress. you are a former member of the club. >> right. >> reporter: that helps. >> it helps in this way. i know what people need, kind of information they need before they vote. >> reporter: the result in this committee and others, many democrats voted to give brand name biologics a longer corner on the market. >> this language now is anti-competitive. it will help the drug companies reap billions of dollars more in profits. it will restrict access to all kinds of life-saving drugs for people and too many democrats side with the drug industry. >> reporter: thanks, in large part, to the money and manpower behind their washington lobbying. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >> all right. dana, thank you. later on, i'll talk with the former head of the mayo clinic, it is one of the hospitals in the country that seems to get it right. patients get great care and also the costs are kept relatively low. he says most of us aren't getting what we pay for. we'll have that ahead. >>> do you know what causes

. >> reporter: to watch jim greenwood is to watch old fashioned bare knuckled washington lobbying. >> i went from office to office in the house and the senate -- >> reporter: and pushed a provision buried inside the health care bill that could save the pharmaceutical industry billions in profits at the expense of you, the consumer. >> what happened? >> well, i think what happened is unfortunately politics trumped policy. >> reporter: so what's this all about? nothing short of miracle drugs. and the cross roads between how much it costs to make them and what you pay for them. >> reporter: the drugs are called bio logics made from specific organisms. >> we have protein biologics for multiple sclerosis or for oncology. >> reporter: and they sell for blockbuster prices. consumers spent more than 40 billion a year on them. sharon brown says the biologic rescues her from arthritis. >> $1,095.87 for four injecti s injections. >> reporter: she takes the weekly drug every other week. >> i cannot afford the medication. >> reporter: for chemical drugs like these, there is a law that allows gener