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Gerry Connolly: “That difference means that for an American consumer dependent on this lifesaving drug, it can cost more than $16,000 a…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
That difference means that for an American consumer dependent on this lifesaving drug, it can cost more than $16,000 a month, and I don't think that is an appropriate cost.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly criticizes high drug prices affecting American consumers.

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