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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The Obama administration made a deal with the pharmaceutical…”

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 51:32

And so Republicans were getting more money than them. And after the Affordable Care act, or during that battle, it became permissible suddenly 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. Today I believe that Democrats are getting more money from pharma than Republicans, which is what I said. Even if that's not exactly the case. (51:32–51:38)

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Asserts that the Obama administration made a deal with the pharmaceutical industry to gain support for the Affordable Care Act.

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