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Elijah Cummings: “At the end of the day, it is the taxpayers who bear the cost of these skyrocketing prices through government programs…”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
At the end of the day, it is the taxpayers who bear the cost of these skyrocketing prices through government programs like Medicaid.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings highlights the burden of high drug prices on taxpayers.

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