Trump makes more than 800 medications available at discounted prices for Americans
Donald Trump has managed to strengthen the TrumpRx.gov platform by adding more than 800 medications with purchase discounts
President Donald Trump announced that the TrumpRx platform already has more than 800 medications at a discount price available for citizens to purchase.
Through a message shared on the Truth Social platform, the 79-year-old Republican praised the second expansion in the range of medications achieved in the last two months.
"I'm pleased to announce that TrumpRx.gov is adding another 160 prescription drugs, at deeply discounted prices, for a new total of more than 800 of the most commonly used prescription drugs. TrumpRx.gov will now offer clear, transparent, DISCOUNTED offers for FOUR OUT OF EVERY FIVE prescriptions Americans fill," he said.
Having launched in February with 43 brand-name prescription drugs, offering drugs at discounted prices to treat conditions such as asthma, infertility and obesity, the TrumpRx platform already has two drug lists: one for patent medicines called “presidential offers” and another for generic drugs called “standard prices.”
Based on an established commitment to make drug prices more accessible, the New York magnate convinced 17 pharmaceutical companies to accept a reduction in the price of some of their drugs in exchange for some tax incentives.
However, discounts on negotiated medications can only be applied to Medicaid patients, since those who have private insurance or benefit from the Medicare program will not be able to pay less for the products they require.
The president says that since the launch of TrumpRx, Americans have saved more than $400 million, a goal that would not have been met without the implementation of tariffs.
“Of course, most favored nation treatment would not be possible without my use of tariffs, which are making other countries ‘pay’ instead of relying on American patients being ripped off, as was the case for decades until I ordered an immediate ‘stop’ to this unfair and, frankly, absurd situation,” he said.
In line with Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, has repeatedly mentioned that the United States had been paying between two and four times more for medicines in relation to the disbursement made by other countries.