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Bernie Sanders: “In the world for prescription drugs, sometimes 10 times more…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:02:12

In our broken health care system, one out of four people who get a prescription from their doctor cannot afford to fill that prescription. We pay by far the highest prices. In the world for prescription drugs, sometimes 10 times more than people in other countries. Congress has got to have the guts to take on Big Pharma and make sure that we cut prescription drug costs in this country by 50%. (1:02:12–1:02:19)

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Asserts that Americans pay up to 10 times more for prescription drugs than people in other countries.

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