A big pharma debate in the House perfectly displayed the difference between a corrupt vs an uncorrupted politician. Ben Gleib, Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. MORE TYT: Read more here:
"Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day faced scathing questions at a House hearing Thursday, with Democrats demanding answers on how the drug manufacturer could charge $1,700 a month for an HIV prevention drug discovered through taxpayer-funded research.
"How can Gilead do this? How can our system allow a company to take a drug treatment that was developed with taxpayer funds and abuse its monopoly to charge such astronomical prices?" Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings asked at the top of the hearing. "This lifesaving treatment would not exist but for the research funded by the CDC and the NIH.”*
Host: Ben Gleib, Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur
Cast: Ben Gleib, Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur
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