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Patients in the U.S. spend more on prescription drugs than any other country in the world, with an estimated $45 billion spent out-of-pocket by Americans last year. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports and Dr. Gail Saltz and CNBC’s Bertha Coombs discuss the cost of our prescription drug dependency.April 12, 2013
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