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Bernie Sanders: “We have got to cut the cost of prescription drugs in half.”

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

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And it works politically as well. Short term. We need to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing. Very, very important for senior citizens. We have got to cut the cost of prescription drugs in half. How absurd is it that in some cases we are paying 10 times more for the same exact drugs as the people in other countries are paying? (13:53–13:59)

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Asserts the need to reduce prescription drug costs by half.

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