Bill Clinton: “Once again, the Senator from Illinois is absolutely correct. As he well remembers, the debate on the floor concerning…”

“Once again, the Senator from Illinois is absolutely correct. As he well remembers, the debate on the floor concerning prescription drugs benefited many opportunities to try to rein in the cost of prescription drugs, to try to give permission to Medicare to negotiate, as any big institutional buyer would have the right to do, and also to import the drugs that are American-made, American-approved, back from Canada so we could get the lower prices. Again, this administration and the Republican majority steadfastly stood against the American public, against our seniors, and stood for the pharmaceutical industry. As a result, the cost is going to be much greater, and much of that increased cost is not going to help our seniors and lower drug costs so we can perhaps have even more prescription drugs available for our people. Instead, it will go right into the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies.”