End Rx AIDS Monopoly

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called for eliminating legal monopolies that make HIV/AIDS medicine so expensive in the United States that many patients cannot afford treatment and die.

"The U.S. has - by far - the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs," Sanders said. "The simple fact is that the prices of patent medicines are a significant barrier to access to health for millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans and people die because of it," he added in his opening statement at a Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging that he chaired.
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