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On the recordMarch 29, 2022
If Medicare does that, we lower the cost of prescription drugs by 50 percent. Not bad.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Advocating for Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.

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