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Bernie Sanders: “I went, I think it was from Michigan to Canada to buy…”

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

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Corporate system that wants to maintain the profiteering that exists under the current system. And when you talk about why we pay, I went, actually left from Michigan. I was running for president. I went, I think it was from Michigan to Canada to buy insulin. It was at the time we got it there for 1/10. It took us about an hour to get in to Canada. It was one tenth the price. And drug companies here make a fortune. Why is that? (36:14–36:22)

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Asserts that insulin was significantly cheaper in Canada compared to the U.S.

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