Former President Trump launched a drug pricing initiative, TrumpRx, offering discounted brand-name medications. While touted as transformative, experts suggest the benefits might be limited, primarily for uninsured individuals or those paying cash for specific drugs like weight-loss or fertility medications. Some experts recommend comparing prices with existing platforms or sticking with insurance co-pays.
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chief Design Officer of the National Design Studio Joe Gebbia look on during an event on drug pricing in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on February 5, 2026, in Washington.
website as "one of the most transformative health care initiatives of all time," a place for Americans to access dozens of deeply discounted brand-name medications.Thursday. "This is a very big deal. People are going to save a lot of money and be healthy."Stacie Dusetzina A small share of the American public may be able to find better deals on their medicines, Dusetzina said Friday via email. But folks with insurance are mostly going to be better off sticking with their plan’s co-pay, she said. And people looking to pay cash for generic drugs are going to be better off going through existing sites like GoodRx or Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to find a deal, Dusetzina said., an associate professor at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. "It is apparent that the only individuals that can take advantage of this are individuals that are either uninsured or individuals that are willing to pay for drugs with cash without going through insurance. And, as you can imagine, that is a very small proportion of Americans.", an associate professor of public health at Ohio State University, said people looking to buy weight-loss or fertility drugs that aren’t covered by insurance might be the biggest winners. And Haeder said Trump can score a publicity win for doing something to address affordability concerns.Wegovy is listed at $149, discounted from over $1,300. And Gonal-F, a prescription fertility medication, is featured on TrumpRx for under $170, down from an original price of over $950. “One in three Americans are turned away from the drug store. They can't afford the drugs,” Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said at the launch event. “No more. Our most vulnerable are protected.” Trump said he secured deals with drugmakers to sell their medications to Americans under “most favored nation” pricing. The government-operated website connects people with the discounted drugs by either referring customers to the drugmakers or providing discount codes that customers can take to their local pharmacy.Dusetzina, Ramachandran and Haeder said people with insurance – whether it’s through work, Medicare Part D, or the Obamacare marketplace – are likely to have lower co-pays than even the deeply discounted prices listed on the TrumpRx site, as long as the medication is covered by insurance. Most medications are covered by insurance, Haeder said. Though he said some of the drugs people want for weight loss are only covered if someone has diabetes.They also said generic versions of any of the listed drugs are likely to be cheaper than the brand-name discounts on TrumpRx, though not all of the medications have generic versions. Haeder said a potential downside of buying medications out-of-pocket via TrumpRx rather than through insurance is that the TrumpRx route won’t count towards a person’s deductible. And he said TrumpRx is the result of deals worked out between the administration and drug companies, without being codified into law by Congress.“Legally and ethically, there's certainly some concerns, let alone you get a new administration in three years,” he said. “Are these still binding agreements? What happens then?”DEL RIO, Texas - A training aircraft was forced to perform a landing wthout it's nose gear deployed at a local Air Force base.On Thursday, Lackland Air Force BaSAN ANTONIO - Two suspects have been arrested on drug trafficking chagres afterOn Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrests of Gerardo PiSAN ANTONIO - One person is dead after a horrific accident on a Northeast Side highway.The deadly accident happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday along North LoopSAN ANTONIO -Congressman Joaquin Castro is looking into an alleged raid on a San Antonio home byU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a video sA 16-year-old girl shared her story with CBS Austin after getting into a fight with an adult man at an anti-ICE protest in Buda on Monday.“I didn't think it was
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