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Bernie Sanders: “Up until very, very recently, there have been no…”

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

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Theo Von Interviews Bernie Sanders on American Politics and 2024 Election

Published | Video Starts at 37:35

Right, Certainly. That's the way the business works. So that's what every country on earth does. They sit down with the drug companies. Some do it more stringently than others. Up until very, very recently, there have been no requirements, zero, for the drug companies to negotiate anything. So they come in and they say they have the board. What do you think we can get, Harry, sitting around the board of directors? Well, I think you can get $10,000 a year. (37:35–37:45)

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Asserts that drug companies in the U.S. were not required to negotiate prices until recently.

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