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Mehmet Oz: “We shouldn't be paying three times more, and we are no…”

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

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Fundamentally, it's fairness in pricing to Americans who have been getting ripped off paying three times more than their European counterparts for the exact same product made in the same factory, in the same bottle, in the same packaging. We. We shouldn't be paying three times more, and we are no longer doing that. Fairness to the forgotten man also means dealing with the reality that they can afford a life saving, life changing drug that 10% or more of affluent Americans take, but folks without means can't manage it. (22:59–23:03)

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Asserts that Americans are no longer paying three times more for certain medications compared to Europeans.

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