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Mark Pocan: “Often with our tax dollars through National Institutes of…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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

Published | Video Starts at 18:09

But the reality is we pay more for drugs than anywhere else in the world. And yet there are developed here, Often with our tax dollars through National Institutes of Health. Yes, but, but why is it that we pay more for drugs? Well, a significant number of those drugs, of course, go to older Americans through the Medicare program. (18:09–18:13)

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Asserts that American drugs are often developed with taxpayer money through the National Institutes of Health.

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