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Kennedy Jr. Defends Trump’s 600% Cut Claim, Warren Calls Out Math

4/25/2026

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Summary

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s claim that TrumpRx can cut $600 drug to $10, “600 percent reduction,” and repeated it at Senate hearing on April 22 and Oval Office event on April 23.
Elizabeth Warren said math shows a 98.3 percent decrease, not a 600 percent cut, and that Ron Wyden asked Kennedy to release agreements, which he refused.
AP fact-check August 2025 warned cuts over 100 percent would pay consumers.

History

Historical Context

Building on Medicare’s 1965 launch and the 2003 prescription-drug modernization, the 2009 Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama added drug-price reporting and created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. It also expanded Medicaid to adults earning up to 138 % of the federal poverty line, a change still debated by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden.

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Story summary

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s claim that TrumpRx can cut $600 drug to $10, “600 percent reduction,” and repeated it at Senate hearing on April 22 and Oval Office event on April 23.
Elizabeth Warren said math shows a 98.3 percent decrease, not a 600 percent cut, and that Ron Wyden asked Kennedy to release agreements, which he refused.
AP fact-check August 2025 warned cuts over 100 percent would pay consumers.

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