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Bernie Sanders: “This year the pharmaceutical industry announced that it…”

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

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The Truth About Trump's State of the Union | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published | Video Starts at 08:42

Last night Trump also claimed that he is ending the wildly inflated cost of prescription drugs. Like has never happened before, end of quote. Well, not quite. This year the pharmaceutical industry announced that it would be increasing, increasing prices on over 850 Prescription drugs in America. And despite what Trump says, we still pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. (08:42–08:51)

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