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On the recordFebruary 5, 2024
We, right now, as a government, we give $16 billion a year to Big Pharma to buy down the price of insulin.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert criticizes government subsidies to pharmaceutical companies for insulin pricing.

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