What kind of insanity is it that we go through the whole effort of somebody diagnosing a disease, here's the therapy, and, oh, it's too bad you can't afford the drugs?
Bernie Sanders: “What kind of insanity is it that we go through the whole effort of somebody diagnosing a disease, here's the therapy…”
On the recordJuly 16, 2014
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Sanders criticizes the healthcare system's failure to ensure patients can afford prescribed medications.
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