Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him
US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden The White House flooded social media on Saturday with an image of Donald Trump showing off the recent Washington Post headline “Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years”, but failed to mention that experts cited in the article actually attributed the…
On Saturday, the White House shared a photograph of Donald Trump displaying a Washington Post headline proclaiming that prescription drug prices had dropped to their lowest level in over 60 years. The caption accompanying the image on the White House's official social media accounts read "POV: you bring the receipts." Trump had personally selected the headline and the initial excerpt from the article during a Friday photo-op, encouraging journalists to capture and document it.
The president proudly declared, "The headline today is exactly that. Did you see it?" He then read the first five lines of the article aloud, emphasizing the drop in drug prices and asserting credit for the accomplishment. The article, however, revealed that independent experts attributed the price reduction primarily to Biden-era policies.
The Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 legislation enacted by former President Joe Biden, included a requirement for Medicare to negotiate prices for certain costly prescription drugs. This policy, according to the article, was more likely responsible for the drop in prices, rather than any actions taken by the Trump administration.
Experts quoted by the Post, such as Richard Frank and Stacie Dusetzina, expressed skepticism about the impact of Trump's initiatives on drug prices, pointing instead to the Inflation Reduction Act as the more probable cause of the decline.
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