“If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.”
What PolitiFact found
American per capita spending on pharmaceuticals is nearly three times the average of other advanced, industrialized countries that comprise the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 22 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.