President Donald Trump’s launch of his new drug discount website — branded as TrumpRx — is part of a broader campaign to address Americans’ concerns about costs that have soured voter perceptions of Trump’s economic agenda.
“Starting tonight, dozens of the most commonly used prescription drugs will be available at dramatic discounts for all consumers through a new website, TrumpRx.gov,” Trump said at a White House event alongside CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and government design chief Joe Gebbia.
The website allows patients to search for a specific medicine, then sends them to drug companies’ platforms to buy the products at a reduced rate, Madison Muller and Catherine Lucey report.
Trump said the more than 40 medicines available would include weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, which he said would both be available directly to consumers for $199. He also said EMD Serono would “dramatically cut the cost of its most common IVF drug.”
Still, it remains to be seen whether the website will significantly bring down costs and entice large numbers of Americans to pay cash for medicines instead of going through insurance. Read More
