claim: "in america, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: feb 11, 2016 ... 11 democratic debate at the university of wisconsin-milwaukee was typical as  he rattled off a list of problems with the u.s. health care system: "in america, we  pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs." we asked the  sanders campaign for the source of his claim. we didn't get a ...
evidence_2: americans pay, by far, the highest prices for prescription drugs in the entire world.  when we talk about health care, we are talking about the need of the american  people to be able to afford the medicine their health care providers prescribe. a  life-saving drug does no good if the people who need it cannot afford that drug.
evidence_3: aug 29, 2015 ... americans pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world — by far.  drug costs increased 12.6 percent last year, more than double the rise in overall  medical costs. (inflation in this country was 0.8 percent that year.) even before  that, we spent nearly 40 percent more per person on prescriptions in ...
evidence_4: aug 30, 2017 ... we must import cheaper drugs from canada. ... why is it that the united states  pays, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs? ... the same  medications manufactured by the same companies, sold in the same bottles, are  available for a fraction of the price that we pay in the united states?
evidence_5: sep 25, 2015 ... health is arguably the most valuable of goods, and if you let the market  determine its price without regulation, well, suppliers will always try and get the  highest price they can. it's the market, stupid. americans pay far more than any  other country for prescription drugs. in fact, americans overpay for every ...