Washington D.C., K Street.
In an unmarked conference room, three men sat around a circular table.
Before them were bottles of Evian mineral water and an urgent briefing on Pennsylvania.
These three were representatives from CVS, United Health, and Express Scripts.
These three companies controlled eighty percent of the prescription drug distribution market in all of America, managing the flow of trillions of US Dollars in healthcare funds.
The representative from CVS, a man with salt-and-pepper hair, was flipping through the report in his hands.
"One hundred eighty-five in favor, eighteen against." The man tossed the report onto the table. "Those country bumpkins in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have lost their minds. They passed a bill designed to dismantle our entire business model."
