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Brian Mast: “We represent less than 5% of the world's population, we…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:09

One study reported that we pay nearly three times what people in other wealthy countries pay for the exact same name brand medications. President Trump has been working to fix this and he's done a damn good job. Now while We represent less than 5% of the world's population, we generate more than half of the pharmaceutical company revenues. with up to 75% of revenue made up from top branded drugs. This means that we've been carrying a disproportionate burden of the cost for developing new drugs. This is wrong. (07:09–07:17)

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Asserts that the U.S. generates more than half of pharmaceutical revenues despite being less than 5% of the world's population.

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