Prescription drug prices experienced the largest decline in more than 60 years.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 10, 2026The sources consistently report that prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the steepest annual decline since 1963, which is the 'largest in over 60 years' the claim describes. The claim does not assert causation, so experts' disputes over whether Trump's policies drove the drop do not affect the verdict.
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… We have the lowest poverty rate in America right now. We also have the safest streets. We have the lowest violent crime rate in 126 years. Because of our policies and what we did. We had the biggest decline in prescription drug costs in over 60 years. Yet a million jobs added in the private sector just in the last 19 months or so. And it goes on and on and on. Trump accounts. For every newborn, you have the first ever nationwide school choice program codified into law. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Washington Post reports that prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the steepest annual decline since 1963.[3]
Supports. FactCheck.org confirms that the Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed prescription drug prices falling 3.1% over the past year, and does not dispute the size of the decline.[1]
Supports. Yahoo Finance and Detroit News, citing BLS data, independently report the 3.1% drop as the largest annual decline since March 1963.[4][5]
Context. Experts attribute the decline to several factors, including generics, GLP-1 price competition, and the Medicare negotiation policy under the Inflation Reduction Act. The claim's wording does not assert a cause, so this does not bear on its truth.[1][6][7]
Context. The White House's own release describes the decline as its largest in over 60 years, which matches the claim's figure; its attribution to administration policy is disputed by independent experts.[2]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Trump Claims Credit for Drug Price Decline. Experts Say It's More Complicated.factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2President Trump Delivers Largest Prescription Drug Price Drop ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Prescription Drug Prices See Sharpest Annual Drop in ...finance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 yearseu.detroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Drug Prices Falling at Record Ratesnewser.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Trump takes credit for prescription drug prices falling in Julyspectrumlocalnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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