Bernie Sanders: “One out of four Americans cannot afford the prescriptions…”

“On average, it's about double. In some cases, it is literally 10 times more. And the result of that, and as a physician, I'm sure you're aware of that, is something like One out of four Americans cannot afford the prescriptions their doctors write. Now think about how insane that is. You go to the doctor, the doctor says, okay, this is your problem. This is what you need. Duh, I can't afford to fill it.” (37:33–37:39)

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