Fact-check: “Prescription drug prices are falling at a record-breaking pace.”
Verdict: Mostly True (75% confidence)
BLS CPI data shows prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the 12 months ending July 2026, which AP News and the White House both describe as the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963 — a span of over 60 years, which qualifies as record-breaking by any reasonable historical standard. The claim needs a minor qualification: the decline is a 12-month trend reading as of mid-2026, prices rose as recently as June 2025 (+0.4%), and Senate Democrats documented 948 brand-name drug price increases since…
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