“An Absurd Statement!” — Sen. Bernie Sanders Confronts HHS RFK Jr. at Senate Hearing | AC1G
Credibility score: 71/100 — Mostly Credible. Mixed credibility - some claims are solid, others need verification.
Claims analyzed
Bernie says RFK claimed US pays lowest prescription drug prices worldwide — Opinion (50/100)
Bernie calling it 'absurd' with zero numbers — classic Senate theater 💀🎭
US pays lowest prices for some drugs, highest overall — Solid (80/100)
RFK Jr splits hairs on 'some drugs' while Rand says we pay 2.78x more overall. Technically true, strategically dodgy 😤✅
Sources: Prescription Drug Prices in the U.S. Are 2.78 Times Those in Other Countries | RAND
Opdivo costs $260k US vs $56k Japan — OK (65/100)
Opdivo price gap sounds right but cherry-picks one drug while dodging the thousands that crush us 💀📈
US pays nearly 3x OECD drug prices per Rand — Verified (95/100)
Sanders drops the Rand bomb — 2.78x is 'nearly three,' and it lands perfectly. Hate that it's spot on 😤✅
US should not pay higher drug prices than other countries — Verified (95/100)
Sanders nails it—US pays 2.78x more than OECD. RFK agrees like it's news 💀✅
US is one of only two countries allowing prescription drug TV ads — Verified (100/100)
Spot on—US and New Zealand only. Sanders dropping uncontested facts 😤✅
Legislation to codify Trump's no-higher-prices policy — Solid (75/100)
Sanders pushing Trump-style MFN codification — bipartisan flex or political theater? Matches policy vibes 📜✅
HHS sent 1000 disciplinary letters; drug ads on TV have changed — Solid (80/100)
New 2025 regs real, ads changed—but 'thousand letters' smells like RFK flex 💀📈
Many US seniors can't afford dental care, have no teeth, hearing aids — OK (65/100)
Directionally true—millions skip dental/vision. 'No teeth' dramatic but hits the vibe 😬
Obesity costs 80% of Medicaid/Medicare dollars; no federal ultra-processed food definition — Sketchy (35/100)
80% stat? Pulled from thin air while obesity crisis is real 💀📈
RFK Jr. said CDC will become world authority on infectious disease policy — Dubious (45/100)
Sanders quotes RFK's rosy promise — but CDC's a mess under his watch already 💀😤
RFK Jr.: CDC is already world authority on infectious disease — Sketchy (30/100)
RFK claims CDC 'already is' top dog while its rabies line's collapsing? Peak delusion 🔥💀
Only one person left staffing CDC's 24/7 rabies emergency line — Verified (95/100)
Sanders nails it — down to **one** on rabies hotline. RFK didn't even know 😤✅
CDC infectious disease work decimated under RFK Jr.'s leadership — Opinion (50/100)
Sanders calls CDC 'decimated' under RFK — fair shot given the layoffs 🙄🔥
Mad cow disease is a prion disease — Verified (100/100)
Yeah, mad cow = BSE, classic prion disease. No notes here ✅
CDC's Prion and Public Health office monitors prion diseases; hunters most at risk — Solid (80/100)
Prion office exists, hunters/CWD risk legit — RFK Jr. fumbles the acronym tho 💀✅
600k+ hunters in Georgia; HHS budget cuts prion office — OK (65/100)
Hunter numbers check — budget cut real but context is debt crisis 🙄
RFK Jr. justified destroying the CDC. — Opinion (50/100)
'Destroying the CDC'? Sanders dropping nukes without receipts 💀🔥
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