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Donald Trump: “We were paying 10 times, in many cases, more money than the…”

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President Trump delivers remarks in Iowa

Published | Video Starts at 20:36

You could say whatever you want. But it's the biggest reduction in history by many, many times. I did something because we were subsidizing the entire world. We were paying 10 times, in many cases, more money than the rest of the world [for drugs]. And I said it wasn't fair. And I got it done. And everyone said, you can't. They said, you'll never get other countries to agree. They said. I said, yes, I will. (20:36–20:42)

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Asserts that the U.S. was paying up to 10 times more for drugs compared to other countries.

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