Clinton Vows to Take On High Prescription Drug Costs

Clinton Vows to Take On High Prescription Drug Costs
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Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pledged to work to lower prescription drug costs, saying it's not fair for Americans to be charged higher prices for medications than people in other countries.

"Let's be clear, your tax dollars help support the research that is used to create those drugs in the first place," Clinton said a campaign event in Cleveland. "Your tax dollars support the Food and Drug Administration that tests those drugs to determine whether or not they are safe and effective to be able to go to market. And then we end up in America paying the highest price for those drugs that we have helped to create. We have got to take this on."

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