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Joaquin Castro: “If you have to take [a specialty drug], you have to make…”

Featuring: Joaquin Castro, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 20th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 48:54

And then I got, after my surgery, I got this long bill, this itemized bill and you know, on deductibles, on premiums, on co pays, on a class of drugs called specialty drugs. And If you have to take [a specialty drug], you have to make sure that your insurance policy covers a specialty drug or you're going to be paying thousands and thousands of dollars every month. which most of us, including myself, can't afford. There was a line in these bills that stood out to me, and that line was for a drug, for a treatment that I have to take every month of a drug called Landry Atide. (48:54–49:04)

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Asserts that specialty drugs can cost thousands monthly if not covered by insurance.

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