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Bernie Sanders: “We began negotiating prescription drug prices with the drug…”

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

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:15:27

And most importantly, as Brenda alluded to for the first time under the Biden administration and working together, We began negotiating prescription drug prices with the drug companies, and that has and will continue to lower the cost of prescription drugs. As Brenda indicated, that is exactly what goes on in every other country on earth, and we are finally beginning to catch up. (1:15:27–1:15:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. has started negotiating drug prices, lowering costs.

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