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Bernie Sanders: “Trump talked about it a whole lot, but he did virtually…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 19:14

I believe that that will result in significantly lower drug prices over the years. Bottom line, in my view, while I think Biden and his people did more than any other administration in history on this issue, Trump talked about it a whole lot, but he did virtually nothing when he was president. We've got to do a lot more. It is absurd that people are dying or get sick because they cannot afford a drug which might cost 10 times more in this country than it does in other countries, that is absolutely unacceptable. (19:14–19:18)

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Asserts that former President Trump did not take significant action on drug pricing despite discussing it.

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