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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I guess if you look at the prices of drugs in other countries, and Ireland in particular is one that I looked at very closely, in Canada, for example, you can pay $257 for an arthritis drug that in America costs $1,126 and it is 28 times cheaper in Ireland for the same drug. Do you think that is fair for the American people?
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Pocan highlights the disparity in drug prices between the U.S. and other countries.

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