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RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s 600% Drug Discount Claim

4/25/2026

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  • Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s 600 percent drug-price discount claim as a valid calculation during a Senate Finance Committee hearing.
  • Senator Elizabeth Warren challenged the TrumpRx website’s Protonix pricing because shoppers still pay far more than Costco’s generic equivalents.
  • President Donald Trump reiterated on March 25 that drug prices have fallen 50-90 percent, claiming alternative calculations could show 400-700 percent cuts.