Trump’s prescription drug math makes no sense. RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz have defended it anyway

President Donald Trump’s claims about prescription drug prices make no mathematical sense. But his team – including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week – keeps straining to defend them.

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RFK Jr. echoes Trump’s inaccurate claims about drug price reductions and misinterprets percentage calculations

šŸ“° Original title: RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Erroneous Drug Price Claims With More Bad Math

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RFK Jr. echoes Trump’s inaccurate claims about drug price reductions and misinterprets percentage calculations

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly defended President Donald Trump’s claims about dramatically reducing prescription drug prices, despite widespread criticism that…

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RFK Jr. echoes Trump’s inaccurate claims about drug price reductions and misinterprets percentage calculations

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RFK Jr. echoes Trump’s inaccurate claims about drug price reductions and misinterprets percentage calculations

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly defended President Donald Trump’s claims about dramatically reducing prescription drug prices, despite widespread criticism that…

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A thread 🧵 of President Trump and his delusional magic math about #DrugPrices #TrumpIsUnfit h/t @[email protected] for his journalism and documenting reality. bsky.app/profile/medi...

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ā˜ļø#DrugPrices THREAD: 4/23/26 Trump & RFK delusions on #DrugPrices #TrumpIsUnfit but corporate media is not communicating this. 7/22 ā€œwe willā€ 8/3 ā€œwe haveā€ 9/18 ā€œwe will (others) 2/12/26 ā€œ500,600,700%ā€ 2/19/26 ā€œare coming down 900%ā€ 4/23 /26 magic maths bsky.app/profile/atru...

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"The report — released Thursday by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, ahead of a hearing focused on drug prices — found that companies that signed drug pricing deals with Trump have raised the cost of hundreds of medications and launched new ones at an average price of $353,000 a year."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/drugmakers-raised-prices-hundreds-drugs-trump-deals-senate-democrats-r-rcna332036

#healthcare #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #UScongress #USpol

Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, Senate Democrats report finds

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said his deals with drugmakers would bring down prescription drug prices in the U.S.

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"The CEO of the Philadelphia-based nonprofit hospital system Jefferson said his organization now spends more on prescription drug coverage — fueled by the soaring use of weight loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound — than it does on inpatient care."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ceo-wants-cover-weight-loss-drugs-employees-just-expensive-rcna263778

#healthcare #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare

This CEO wants to cover weight loss drugs for employees. They're just too expensive.

For Dr. Joseph Cacchione, the math on GLP-1 drugs stopped making sense.

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Annika Kim Constantino and Angelica Peebles report, new tariffs could reshape US drug prices! The Trump administration is imposing up to 100% tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals to pressure companies to lower costs and reshore production. This aggressive trade move aims to secure the domestic drug supply and ensure access. Dive deeper into the potential impacts:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/trump-pharmaceutical-tariffs-100percent.html #Pharmaceuticals #TradePolicy #DrugPrices

Trump Administration Advances Drug Price Reduction Policies and Non-Coercive Vaccine Approaches

šŸ“° Original title: Trump ends Biden’s drug price nightmare — Americans get real relief with TrumpRx

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Trump Administration Advances Drug Price Reduction Policies and Non-Coercive Vaccine Approaches

In this opinion article, physician Nicole Saphier praises President Donald Trump’s efforts to address high prescription drug costs, which have long burdened American families.

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Trump Strikes Deals with Nine Drug Companies to Lower Prescription Prices

Nine drug companies agreed to lower prices on Dec 19, 2025, with a new website TrumpRx. Find out how this affects prescription costs for Americans.

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