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On the recordDecember 2, 2014
you have a monopoly situation where the person who has a pill that is desperately needed... can charge anything they want for it?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the consequences of monopolies in the pharmaceutical industry.

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