Health and Fitness

Senator Bernie Sanders Investigating Drug Prices

BURLINGTON, Vt.—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today raised new questions about skyrocketing prices for prescription drugs, including a new treatment for Hepatitis C that costs more than $1,000 per pill, and what he calls “staggering” price hikes for generic drugs.

Sanders’ focus on the Hepatitis C medication stems from his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, which recently learned that the costly new treatment is projected to cost the…

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