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Tammy Baldwin: “We need to build upon the Affordable Care act, and we need…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Debate

Published | Video Starts at 04:26

He also opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs, saving patients and Medicare money. We need to build upon the Affordable Care act, and we need to build upon our efforts to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Thank you. We're going to stay with the cost of health care going to prescription drugs, and the question is going to come from Aditi Debnas of PBS, Wisconsin. (04:26–04:35)

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Asserts the need to expand the Affordable Care Act and negotiate lower drug prices.

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