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Bernie Sanders: “Yeah, I write out the prescriptions, but 40 percent of the people don't bother to fill them.”

On the recordMay 14, 2012
Yeah, I write out the prescriptions, but 40 percent of the people don't bother to fill them.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sharing a physician's observation about patients not filling prescriptions due to cost.

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