Trump says we're paying the lowest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Anybody believe that?

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Opening critique of presidential claim

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Committee member opened the hearing by challenging President Trump’s repeated claim that he ‘solved the problem’ of high prescription drug prices, calling the claim unbelievable and rhetorical.

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A committee member opened a hearing criticizing President Trump’s claim that he cut U.S. prescription drug prices, saying U.S. prices remain among the highest and that drugmakers raised prices on more than 870 drugs in the first two weeks of the year.

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