We pay sometimes 20 times more than Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs. And it would not allow us to be able to negotiate for lower drug prices as we are right now through Medicare. It would push to privatize Medicare and move seniors to private health insurance plans. We talked about that. It's a big concern. I'll tell you, as a member of Congress who gets constituents who have problems with these plans, it's one of the top calls that we get that's really concerning. (43:51–43:57)
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