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Rep. Corrine Brown: “I had the Committee on Government Reform do a study in my district, and we compared what the seniors in the Third…”

On the recordJune 26, 2002
I had the Committee on Government Reform do a study in my district, and we compared what the seniors in the Third Congressional District of Florida pay. We pay 131 percent more for a brand-name prescription than other consumers and 98 percent more than consumers in Canada and Mexico.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Discussing prescription drug prices for seniors in Florida.

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