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Mark DeSaulnier: “As somebody who has a pill in my pocket that I will take at three o'clock that keeps me alive that in Australia costs…”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
As somebody who has a pill in my pocket that I will take at three o'clock that keeps me alive that in Australia costs $6, here in the United States it costs $400, Johnson & Johnson distributes it.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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DeSaulnier highlights the high cost of medication in the U.S. compared to Australia.

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