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Bernie Sanders: “We do not have to pay 10 times more for prescription drugs…”

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

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Fighting Oligarchy with Bernie, AOC, and Greg Casar.

Published | Video Starts at 1:27:41

As a human right, the function of a health care system, it's not to make billions in profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. It is to provide quality care to all. We can do it. We do not have to pay 10 times more for prescription drugs than do the people in other countries. We can take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, cut prescription drug prices in half. Brothers and sisters, we live in a competitive global economy. (1:27:41–1:27:50)

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Asserts that Americans pay 10 times more for prescription drugs than other countries.

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