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Bernie Sanders: “About 25 percent of the patients that she sees, and whom she writes prescriptions for, are unable to fill those…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2014
About 25 percent of the patients that she sees, and whom she writes prescriptions for, are unable to fill those prescriptions because they are just too expensive.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders shares a doctor's observation on prescription drug affordability.

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