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Bernie Sanders: “If you are a senior, come January 25, no matter how many…”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 45:18

We are beginning, beginning to take on the pharmaceutical industry and lower the cost of prescription drugs. If you are a senior, you will not be paying more than $35 a month for insulin. If you are a senior, come January 25, no matter how many medicines you take, you will not be paying more than $2,000 a year out of pocket expense. Whole lot of people are dealing with asthma. We have taken on the major drunk companies. Many of them are now lowering the cost of asthma inhalers very significantly. (45:18–45:29)

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Asserts that seniors will have a $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket expenses for medicines starting January 25.

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