Only Medline Industries Inc., a private company based outside Chicago, agreed
to discuss Air Bridge...
a stipulation that it charge 'reasonable' prices, but the spokesman would not detail what that meant or how it would be enforced"...
Air Bridge, required The Times to file a Freedom of Information Act request to get copies of any contracts or other financial agreements with the participating companies, a process that can take weeks/months."
@VP Pence gave a slightly different count on Wednesday, saying
44 flights had taken place + roughly 50 more were scheduled"
Low end = 35 flights at $750,000 = $26,250,000
As a private company, Medline doesn’t have to disclose its financial data, though
it reported $11.7 billion in revenue last year...
of hospitals, medical systems and other healthcare providers across the country. Distributing medical supplies has been a lucrative business for several of the companies."
McKesson, the largest medical distributor in US
Cardinal Health
Henry Schein Inc.
Owens & Minor Inc
Medline
Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC. [not publicly traded, doesn’t
have to report revenues/profits]
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