US EditionDr Oz Jumps Through Hoops to Explain Trump Claims About Lowering Drug Prices
Dr. Mehmet Oz defended President Trump's exaggerated drug price cuts up to 1,500%, a claim widely debunked as mathematically impossible by fact-checkers.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, tried to explain and defend Trump’s wonky numbers, but spectacularly failed in a complete math meltdown. In an interview with NBC “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Wednesday, Oz tried to cover for his boss in Trump’s latest boasts about “slashing drug prices” by astronomical percentages, claims that have fluctuated between 1,200 and 1,…
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The Independent (US)Dr Oz jumps through hoops to explain Trump claims about lowering drug prices
Former daytime TV personality baffles NBC anchor with attempt to rationalize president’s hyperbole on cutting the cost of pharmaceuticals
Dr. Oz Gets Math Completely Wrong After Being Grilled By NBC About Drug Prices
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz confounded NBC News anchor Kristen Welker on Wednesday after he got the math completely wrong upon being grilled about President Donald Trump’s pharmaceutical price reform. “The president has talked about lowering drug prices, pharmaceutical prices, and he’s repeatedly claimed that he could cut those prices by more than 100%,” said Welker during an interview on Meet the Press…
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