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“Trump administration will “further reduce the cost of prescription drugs and health insurance premiums" in a second term.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. Republican National Convention at White House. Claim dated 27 Aug 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading

What FactCheck.org found

Employer-plan premiums have gone up, and so have prescription drug costs, by a metric Trump has referenced before.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 27 August 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

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