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Brian Mast: “The United States is the largest purchaser of prescription…”

Featuring: Brian Mast, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 21

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Published | Video Starts at 07:28

This means that we've been carrying a disproportionate burden of the cost for developing new drugs. This is wrong. So The United States is the largest purchaser of prescription drugs in the world. Therefore the largest purchaser should get the best deal. But we weren't getting it. Now we are getting it because of President Trump. Democrats hate this. What does it look like in practice? (07:28–07:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. is the largest purchaser of prescription drugs globally.

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