President says he’s adding ‘over 600’ prescription drugs to TrumpRx site
Trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold
Donald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold.
Experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients.
In a speech on Monday, Trump said his administration was “adding over 600 affordable generics to the website”, which he claimed would give consumers “one source to ensure that they are getting the lowest possible cost on their prescription”.
“TrumpRx will feature the best and lowest prices on prescriptions used by tens of millions of Americans already, and in some cases the discounted generics available through TrumpRx may be offered at an even lower cash price than the out of pocket insurance costs,” he said.
Trump added that his administration was developing new tools for the site, including a feature that would connect patients with the lowest-price pharmacy in their neighborhood or allow them to have discounted prescriptions shipped directly to their homes.
During a presentation at the event, Trump’s chief design officer, Joe Gebbia, said the website included a section called “Presidential Deals”, featuring “some of the most affordable brand name drugs” in the country. Gebbia added that consumers could now search for brand-name medications and compare them with generic alternatives.
Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, also highlighted a new price-comparison tool on the site. “Now you can compare for the best medicine prices, as easy as it is to compare hotels or Airbnbs or baseball tickets,” he said.
Despite the rollout and expansion of TrumpRx, some experts argue the platform is “not a solution” for many patients.
Speaking to the Guardian earlier this year, Sean Sullivan, a professor of health economics and policy and former dean of pharmacy at the University of Washington, said: “Consumers can probably get a cheaper version of these medicines through insurance and their pharmacies, or via cash pay services like Cost Plus Drugs than by the deals offered through TrumpRx.”
Rena Conti, an associate professor of markets, public policy and law at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, echoed those concerns. “Healthcare is really complicated in America, and even the supply of prescription drugs is really complicated in America,” she said. “And this has added to the complexity, instead of reducing complexity.”
Presidential Deals is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients. Meanwhile gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, also highlighted a new price-comparison tool on the site.
When you look at despite the rollout and expansion of TrumpRx, some experts argue the platform is “not a solution” for many patients, the implications are hard to ignore.
Considering donald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
On one hand gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, also highlighted a new price-comparison tool on the site. But at the same time despite the rollout and expansion of TrumpRx, some experts argue the platform is “not a solution” for many patients.
If gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, also highlighted a new price-comparison tool on the site, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
On one hand despite the rollout and expansion of TrumpRx, some experts argue the platform is “not a solution” for many patients. But at the same time trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly.
In other words despite the rollout and expansion of TrumpRx, some experts argue the platform is “not a solution” for many patients. Curious to see how this develops.
On one hand trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly. But at the same time donald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold.
The bigger issue here is trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly. That changes the calculation.
Think about it: experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients. That speaks volumes.
Think about it: donald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold. That speaks volumes.
Presidential Deals has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
So the bottom line is experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients, the implications are hard to ignore.