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Bernie Sanders: “It was a very significant achievement on the part of…”

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

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 13:38

Your basic premise is of course true. Right. On the other hand, you have to appreciate, given the corruption, the broad corruption that exists here and the power of the drug companies, that It was a very significant achievement on the part of Congress and the Biden administration to at least do start to do what every other bloody country on earth is doing. So we spend billions of dollars on prescription drugs. It doesn't take a genius to say, hey, drug companies, let's sit down and negotiate a good price. (13:38–13:49)

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Asserts that Congress and the Biden administration made significant progress in negotiating drug prices.

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