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Bernie Sanders: “One out of four Americans can't afford the drugs their…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 20:46

So that is how, give you another example of it. We pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. One out of four Americans can't afford the drugs their doctors prescribe. So you walk into the doctor's office, they say, okay, Lex, you got this, that and the other thing. Here's a prescription. You can't afford to fill it. What happens? (20:46–20:51)

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Asserts that 25% of Americans cannot afford prescribed medications.

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