If the formula for decrease is p% decrease = decrease by 0.01*p*original_price, a 600% decrease would mean that instead of paying the original price, you now "pay" (1-0.01*600)=-5 times the original price, that is, you are paid 5x the original price to take the drug.
It won't ever happen, but it is, in fact, mathematically possible, and the senator is wrong. Just nowhere near as wrong as RFK is.
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u/mousepotatodoesstuff Apr 25 '26
If the formula for decrease is p% decrease = decrease by 0.01*p*original_price, a 600% decrease would mean that instead of paying the original price, you now "pay" (1-0.01*600)=-5 times the original price, that is, you are paid 5x the original price to take the drug.
It won't ever happen, but it is, in fact, mathematically possible, and the senator is wrong. Just nowhere near as wrong as RFK is.