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Eric Hovde: “When I first started taking my medications for MS, they cost…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Debate

Published | Video Starts at 06:17

I can't believe what I just heard of. I mean, it's one lie after another. I believe we need to negotiate with Big pharma. I think our drug prices are too high. When I first started taking my medications for MS, they cost about $6,000 a year. Now they're costing 35,000 for generic drug prices. I'm the one who's against big pharma. It's your Wall street partner who invests in big pharma. You oversee it. You take massive amounts of money from big pharmaceutical. (06:17–06:27)

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Asserts that the cost of MS medications has increased from $6,000 to $35,000 annually.

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