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Democrats zero in on high drug prices in Iowa debate

Democrats heaped criticism on pharma during Tuesday’s debate, highlighting a long list of policies they say will help lower high drug prices.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as former Vice President Joe Biden watches during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

WASHINGTON — Until Tuesday, nearly every single Democratic primary debate has focused on the same health care issue: “Medicare for All.”

So when Democrats got the chance to talk about their plans to lower drug prices, they jumped. Candidates uniformly criticized drug companies as examples of corporate irresponsibility and outsize political influence.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), in particular, doubled down on a pledge to lower drug

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