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Mehmet Oz: “2/3 of Americans who go bankrupt have a health issue that…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 10:01

They can't defend the fact that drug prices in America are two, three, sometimes four times more than other countries that are equal in wealth to us. They can't defend the fact that 2/3 of Americans who go bankrupt have a health issue that drives that bankruptcy. They can't defend the fact that one third of Americans, when they go to the drugstore, don't pick up their medications because they can't afford them. They can't defend it. (10:01–10:08)

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Asserts that health issues drive bankruptcy for two-thirds of Americans who go bankrupt.

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