TrumpRx drug discounts : NPR
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Key Points:
- The Trump administration launched TrumpRx.gov, a website offering cash-paying consumers discounts on brand-name drugs from five pharmaceutical companies, with more companies' discounts to be added in the coming months.
- Discounts range widely, from 33% off Pfizer's Xeljanz to 93% off EMD Serono's Cetrotide, but require users to confirm they are not enrolled in government insurance or seeking insurance reimbursement.
- The program is part of deals where drugmakers agreed to lower Medicaid prices, cap future drug launch prices, and provide cash-pay discounts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
- Experts caution that for most insured patients, using insurance co-pays remains cheaper than paying cash, and many discounted drugs on TrumpRx are already available
