1.   Because they controlled the drug purchases for millions of people, the managed-care companies got price breaks and were able to exclude drugs that were more expensive.

2.   Bolton said he would check, adding that those funds are also used to buy equipment and complete undercover drug purchases.

3.   Burns also said he had misappropriated money that Vanover had intended for drug purchases.

4.   But price is very much on the minds of the health-plan executives who today make the most significant decisions about drug purchases.

5.   It also made undercover drug purchases and finally brought the gang down, she said.

6.   Police caught him making a drug purchase, then caught him in a hotel room with a crack pipe in one hand and a lighter in the other.

7.   Police investigators soon began to complain that money traditionally used to conduct drug purchases was not available.

8.   Several department officials said that because the expense fund was depleted, some operations were canceled because undercover detectives often did not have the cash to make drug purchases.

9.   She attached a computer printout of the drug purchases from their insurer.

10.   Shaheen, again with typical diligence, has already learned the lesson by helping the elderly in her state get discounts on their drug purchases from public-spirited pharmacies.