Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s previous claims that he had brought drug prices down by hundreds of percentage points, but his explanation only added to the confusion. Trump has routinely boasted that his policies have sent drug prices plummeting by a massive margin, sometimes claiming they’ve dropped […]
RFK Jr. defends Trump on ‘600%’ lower drug prices, but does the math check out?
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RFK Jr. defends Trump on ‘600%’ lower drug prices, but does the math check out?