{"id":451749,"date":"2026-02-06T03:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451749\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:22:17","slug":"trump-launches-discount-drug-platform-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451749\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump launches discount drug platform: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

TrumpRx.gov, President Donald Trump\u2019s new self-pay prescription drug website, launched Thursday, offering discounted cash prices on 43 brand-name medications.<\/p>\n

The administration has promoted the platform as a way to cut costs for patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to save a fortune,\u201d Trump said at a White House news conference Thursday evening launching the website. \u201cAnd this is also so good for overall health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Experts, however, say the biggest savings are likely to be limited to people who are uninsured<\/a> or pay entirely out of pocket.<\/p>\n

The cost of health care, including prescription drugs, is the top economic concern for most U.S adults, according to a recent poll by KFF<\/a>, a nonpartisan health policy research group, with more than 4 in 10 voters saying it will have a \u201cmajor impact\u201d on their decisions to vote in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

At least 16 drugmakers have negotiated agreements with the White House to participate on the platform. The discount prices are part of Trump\u2019s broader effort to implement a \u201cmost favored nation\u201d pricing model for prescription drugs, meaning the U.S. pays no more than the lowest prices charged in other wealthy countries.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, the site included discounts on drugs negotiated with five pharmaceutical companies: AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, EMD Serano, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer. Lilly’s and Novo Nordisk’s popular weight loss drugs Zepbound and Wegovy are among those discounted on the site. <\/p>\n

\"ANovo Nordisk’s and Eli Lilly’s popular weight loss drugs Zepbound and Wegovy were among those highlighted at the TrumpRx launch event.Nathan Howard \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

TrumpRx doesn\u2019t sell the drugs directly. Instead, it offers coupons that people can take to the pharmacy where they fill their prescriptions. Some drugs, including several that are used for in vitro fertilization, are available only at specialty pharmacies, the site notes. Other drugs, including AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Xigduo XR, don’t have coupons. Instead, TrumpRx directs people to the drugmakers’ own direct-to-consumer websites. <\/p>\n

\u201cMany more drugs are coming soon,\u201d the website says. <\/p>\n

Some of the discounts the administration announced are steep. The migraine drug Zavzpret, for example, will cost $549 through TrumpRx, down from $1,189.<\/p>\n

The deals have drawn widespread attention \u2014 and questions \u2014 because much remains unclear, including how long discounts will last and what the final agreements with drugmakers look like. <\/p>\n

The Trump administration has said it negotiated price cuts in exchange for tariff relief. Last month, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit<\/a> against the Trump administration for failing to provide documents related to the deals.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentPresident Donald Trump speaks about the launch of the TrumpRx website in the South Court Auditorium of the White House, in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2026.Saul Loeb \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

TrumpRx offers discounts only on brand-name drugs, which are generally far pricier than generic versions and far less commonly prescribed \u2014 9 in 10 prescriptions in the U.S. are for generic drugs, according to the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The discounts are also available only for people who aren’t using insurance. About 84% of the U.S. population has prescription drug coverage, according to the Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no clear advantage for most people to use TrumpRx to purchase their medications,\u201d said Juliette Cubanski, deputy director of the program on Medicare policy at KFF.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because, for most people \u2014 especially most with health insurance \u2014 \u201cit would be hard for direct-to-consumer prices to beat the cost-sharing amounts that they\u2019ll pay using their insurance if they have coverage for drugs that are being sold through TrumpRx or other direct-to-consumer platforms,\u201d Cubanski said. <\/p>\n

Even the website notes that. \u201cIf you have insurance, check your co-pay first\u2014it may be even lower,\u201d the site says. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, what people with insurance spend through TrumpRx may not count toward their insurance benefits, which means it doesn\u2019t help them meet their deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.<\/p>\n

Direct to consumer prescription drug platforms have become popular in recent years. In 2022, billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched Cost Plus Drugs, an online pharmacy focused on offering lower-cost generic drugs. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly \u2014 the makers of Wegovy and Zepbound, respectively \u2014 have also rolled out their own cash-pay websites that offer discounts on the drugs\u2019 list prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TrumpRx.gov, President Donald Trump\u2019s new self-pay prescription drug website, launched Thursday, offering discounted cash prices on 43 brand-name…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-451749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}