27 June 2019 - The United States spends more on prescription drugs than comparable wealthy nations. Mr. Sanders has called for prices to be cut in half.

Mr. Sanders argues that drug manufacturers — along with Wall Street, the fossil fuel industry and the health care industry — exhibit the kind of “corporate greed” his campaign wants to take on.

By comparing the profits of big pharma with Americans’ struggle to pay for their products, Mr. Sanders can argue that “unfettered capitalism” benefits the rich and hurts ordinary Americans.

And that’s where Mr. Sanders, as a democratic socialist, thinks he can come to the rescue. The cost of prescription drugs bolsters his case for a “political revolution.

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