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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “After the Affordable Care act, it became permissible for…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 51:20

My understanding is that Democrats, and this is what I said, Democrats prior to the Affordable Care act, before, Prior to the battle of the Affordable Care act, were reluctant to take pharmaceutical money. And so Republicans were getting more money than them. And After the Affordable Care act, it became permissible for Democrats to take pharmaceutical money. because the pharmaceutical. The Obama administration made a deal with the pharmaceutical industry to support the bill. Today I believe they're wrong. (51:20–51:32)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act made it acceptable for Democrats to accept pharmaceutical money.

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