Trump drug-price math defies logic, RFK Jr. and Oz defend it

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Trump’s claims of prescription drug price cuts (up to 1,500%) are mathematically impossible; CNN fact-checks show a drop from $242 to $10 is a 95.9% reduction, not the hundreds of percent cited. RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz defended the numbers—Kennedy claiming a different way of calculating and Oz insisting the drop is 'too high to calculate'—both incorrect. White House aides pivoted to a separate point about paying fairer prices abroad, illustrating a pattern of allies defending Trump’s inaccurate math.
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- RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims The New York Times
- RFK Jr. is only wrong about drug prices if you believe in math | Opinion USA Today
- RFK Jr. faces scrutiny from Hassan over HHS videos, clashes with Warren on drug pricing in tense Senate hearing The Boston Globe
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