On the recordDecember 15, 2009
Then we will tell the pharmaceutical companies, thanks, but no thanks for overpriced drugs, drugs that cost twice as much here as they do in Europe and Canada and Mexico.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “Then we will tell the pharmaceutical companies, thanks, but no thanks for overpriced drugs, drugs that cost twice as…”
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Obama's promise during his campaign to address high drug prices and allow the importation of cheaper drugs.
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