Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whether in Congress or as a presidential candidate, has always taken strong positions against the high cost of prescription drugs. Since becoming the chair of the influential Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this year, he's made lowering drug costs a top priority.

It's therefore not surprising that the senator would, during a recent Sunday morning TV interview, rail against high drug prices in the United States and compare what Americans pay with what people in other countries must fork over.

"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country," Sanders said on CNN's "State of the Union" last month.