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Elizabeth Warren: “This is a market failure and when there is a market failure, the Government has a role in addressing it.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
This is a market failure and when there is a market failure, the Government has a role in addressing it.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the government's responsibility in addressing market failures in drug pricing.

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