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Mehmet Oz: “Drug prices in America are two, three, sometimes four times…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:52

We've started having these conversations, and if you get them in a Quiet moment. And you sharing with them what the President said in that executive order press conference. 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. (09:52–10:00)

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Asserts that U.S. drug prices are significantly higher than in other wealthy countries.

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