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Bernie Sanders: “The Veterans Administration, by the way, has been doing that…”

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 13:58

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. The Veterans Administration, by the way, has been doing that for decades. Okay. Every other country on earth does it. It was a huge struggle. So the Biden administration deserves credit. But your point is. Yeah, so what? We got insulin. Good. (13:58–14:02)

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Asserts that the Veterans Administration has been negotiating drug prices for decades.

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