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Gavin Newsom: “We're the largest purchaser in this country.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

Gavin Newsom makes major announcement to lower prescription treatment costs

Published October 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:56

And then we started asking a different question. All of a sudden CalRx was conceived and now we're thinking, wait a second, we're the largest health care system in the United States of America. We're the largest purchaser in this country. Why aren't we taking these market centered values, free enterprise, using our purchasing power and act more like a damn business? (21:56–21:59)

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Asserts that California is the largest purchaser in the U.S.

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