US EditionRFK Jr. Says Trump Has "Different Way" of Calculating Percentages
Warren said conventional math shows the price cuts are about 98%, while Kennedy said Trump uses a different way to calculate percentages.
- On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee, where Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren challenged President Donald Trump's drug pricing claims during the hearing.
- President Trump has frequently claimed the TrumpRx website offers price reductions of 300%, 400%, 500%, even 600%, figures critics argue are mathematically impossible for retail goods.
- Warren highlighted a heartburn medication priced at $200 on TrumpRx, whereas the generic version costs $16 at Costco, demonstrating how the platform misleads consumers about actual savings.
- Kennedy argued Trump uses a "different way" of calculating, claiming a $600 drug reduced to $10 represents a "600% reduction," an explanation experts immediately rejected as mathematically incorrect.
- Climate scientist Kate Marvel noted that a 600% reduction of a $600 drug would theoretically result in the manufacturer paying consumers $3,000 per purchase, illustrating the mathematical absurdity of the administration's claims.
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