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Bernie Sanders: “One out of four Americans are unable to afford the…”

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

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Bernie Sanders shares his takeaways from the Trump Inauguration

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, sometimes 10 times more than the people in other countries. And One out of four Americans are unable to afford the prescriptions that their doctors prescribe. Not one word in his speech on the high cost of prescription drugs. We have 800,000Americans who are homeless and millions and millions of people spending 50 or 60% of their limited income on housing. (00:59–01:06)

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Asserts that 25% of Americans cannot afford their prescribed medications.

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