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Bernie Sanders: “Medicare is now negotiating prices with the pharmaceutical…”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 46:09

And most importantly, what we have done, and the vice president is going to continue that and expand it when she's elected president for the first time in the history of this country, Medicare is now negotiating prices with the pharmaceutical industry. When you talk about a cruel and irrational healthcare system, let me just point out one other fact, if you can believe it. (46:09–46:15)

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Asserts that Medicare is negotiating drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry.

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