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J. D. Vance: “The pharmaceutical companies took advantage of us. That was…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 36:08

Why is it that the people in this room for my entire life and then some paid the highest prescription drug prices in the world, while people in England or France or other rich countries paid much lower prices? And the reason is because The pharmaceutical companies took advantage of us. That was corrupt. It was unacceptable. Now you're already starting to see this with certain medications and you're going to see it with more. (36:08–36:13)

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Asserts that pharmaceutical companies have exploited the U.S. market, leading to higher drug prices.

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