Trump falsely claims ‘drug prices declined in 2018’
President Trump asserted Friday — incorrectly — that drug prices have declined in the last year. We checked his facts.
President Trump asserted late Friday that drug prices declined for the first time in nearly 50 years, implying in a tweet that his administration’s efforts to speed generic drugs to market were responsible for that historic feat.
But in the context of America’s prescription drug market, the statement is both a non sequitur and demonstrably false.
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