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Pat Toomey: “I think if you want everybody to have prescription drugs, then I don't know why in the world you wouldn't have Medicare…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
I think if you want everybody to have prescription drugs, then I don't know why in the world you wouldn't have Medicare negotiate with the drug companies for prescription drugs if the taxpayers are going to pay for them.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey advocates for Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

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