Bernie Sanders: “We are paying, roughly speaking, twice as much, perhaps, for…”

“Similarly same numbers with Medicare. People want to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision. People are sick and tired. And we're making some progress on this, lowering prescription drug costs. We are paying, roughly speaking, twice as much, perhaps, for prescription drugs as other people. People want to not have us pay anymore. So do those things. It's popular. It's good policy. That's some of what I'd like to see done. So how far off do you want?” (16:24–16:31)

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