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Greg Ganske: But it is a fair statement that the prices are significantly lower for the very same prescription drugs that are made in…

On the recordJuly 10, 2001
But it is a fair statement that the prices are significantly lower for the very same prescription drugs that are made in the United States that are sent overseas, that they are significantly lower, sometimes half as much or even a quarter as much, in some countries, as they are in the United States. Is that not a fair statement?
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Greg Ganske
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the price disparity of prescription drugs between the U.S. and other countries.

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