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Bernie Sanders: “I did not, when I was in the House, vote for the insurance company and drug company prescription drug Medicare bill…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I did not, when I was in the House, vote for the insurance company and drug company prescription drug Medicare bill, which could have been paid for by negotiating pharmaceutical prices with the drug industry.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Senator Sanders highlights his opposition to a Medicare bill he believes was poorly funded.

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