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Bernie Wants To Save You BILLIONS On Drugs
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8:58Now PlayingGet our democracy back
Bernie Sanders has proposed a new bill to protect Americans from big pharma pricegouging. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Opening a new front in the war against big pharma, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and a slew of Democratic colleagues introduced a bill Tuesday to allow commercial importation of drugs from Canada.
The appeal is obvious; through cheap imported drugs, the United States would be able to take advantage of the government levers and regulation that other countries have used to bring down pharmaceutical prices. It's a far more politically palatable way to attack the problem of soaring drug prices than opening up an even more contentious fight over whether the U.S. government should meddle directly in pricing — and it has had wide popularand bipartisan support, including from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.”*
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