Bernie Sanders: “I believe that I was the first Member of Congress to go across the border with constituents to purchase prescription…”

“I believe that I was the first Member of Congress to go across the border with constituents to purchase prescription drugs. I have made that trip twice. I made a trip a year ago to Canada. Like everyone else that we have heard tonight, my experience was that we went across the border and we were able to save Vermont constituents thousands and thousands of dollars. The one particular drug that comes to my mind now is Tamoxifen, which is widely prescribed for breast cancer. Here we have women fighting for their lives, they go across the Canadian border and they purchase that product for one-tenth the price that they were paying in the United States.”