Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2019
Why do Americans pay so much for prescription drugs?
21 July 2019 - President Donald Trump said that prescription drug prices dropped for the first time in half a century in the US last year.
Since taking office, the president has made repeated attacks against those who set drug prices and has pledged to take radical steps to reduce them.
Mr Trump appears to be referring to the Bureau of Labour Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the increase in the cost of household items in the US.
