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Ron Wyden: “Price increases happen because the providers of these pharmaceutical products have the power to do so because taxpayers…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
Price increases happen because the providers of these pharmaceutical products have the power to do so because taxpayers foot the bill.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses the reasons behind rising pharmaceutical prices.

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