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Lloyd Doggett: “If the taxpayers paid to develop a good chunk of the drug…”

Featuring: Lloyd Doggett, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 37th Congressional District

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 60 with Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Published | Video Starts at 22:10

And there are many drugs introduced that didn't have our support. That is, that's such a key point. And you and I worked before on this whole issue of If the taxpayers paid to develop a good chunk of the drug, then why can't they get it at a price like it's sold in a different country? And we have asked, going back in Democratic administrations, too, for the government to use authority, it has to consider the price and to insist that those manufacturers, if they … (22:10–22:19)

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Asserts that taxpayers should receive price benefits for drugs they helped fund.

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