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Bernie Sanders: “Cost of prescription drugs are far more affordable [in other…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 38:36

The only major country not to do it, you know, other countries, you know, your wife gets sick, you stay home with her, your kids get sick, not a big deal. You get a certain amount of paid family and medical leave. Cost of prescription drugs are far more affordable [in other countries]. So what you want to do is create what's called a social safety net. That means I don't care what your income is. Of course you're going to have health care is a human right. (38:36–38:40)

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Asserts that prescription drugs are more affordable in other countries compared to the U.S.

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