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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “With all the brand drugs, you would pay 2, 3, 4, 5, even 15…”

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

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Truth About America's Health Crisis You're Not Being Told

Published | Video Starts at 24:21

A year ago you could get the list price for Ozempic in this country was $1350. You could get the same product in any pharmacy in London for $88. And that's true across the board. With all the brand drugs, you would pay 2, 3, 4, 5, even 15 times more of the same product in this country as you would in Europe. And you know, this is something that every president has complained about at discrepancy. President Clinton did, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, they all said, we need to fix this. (24:21–24:32)

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Asserts that brand drugs are significantly more expensive in the U.S. than in Europe.

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