Are prescription drug prices going down?

“Last year was the first in 51 years where prescription drug prices actually went down, but things have been, and are being, put in place that will drive them down substantially.” — President Donald Trump, in a tweet , July 7, 2019“He promised to lower prescription drug prices and failed.” — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in a CNN interview , July 9, 2019On a key health-care issue, Trump and Gillibrand made opposite claims within days of each other. To hear