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Dylan Scott, you were put on Congress for Vox.

It's divided on a whole lot of stuff, but one thing both sides seem to agree on is that

something must be done about prescription drug prices.

That's true.

Going back to his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has said that drug prices were too high and

that the pharmaceutical companies were getting away with murder and that he would do something

as president to fix it.

That was one of the things when he said, I alone could fix it.

High drug prices were on that list.

And Democrats in Congress likewise have been promising for years that they wanted to do something

big and bold to try to bring down prescription drug prices.

And there's good reason for this.

A lot of people in America take medications and a lot of people believe that the cost of

medicine is unreasonable right now.

So they have consistently put it towards the top of their to-do list for lawmakers.

And how bad is this issue in America?

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