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Donald Trump: “I lowered drug prices by 1/4 of 1%.”

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Published | Video Starts at 38:44

Albert, it's not you, but they'll go up to 18 and we'll come down from 135 or whatever down to 18. I mean, that's a, that's a massive number. Remember, I was the one that held a news conference because I lowered drug prices by 1/4 of 1%. I think it was 1/8 of 1%, but it was the only one in 28 years that brought drug prices down for the year. But it was a very small number. (38:44–38:48)

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Asserts that drug prices were lowered by 0.25% during his administration.

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