U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website meant to offer consumers access to discounted prescription medicines and a central pillar of his efforts to lower drug prices in the United States.
Trump announced the new website was live at a White House event alongside Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and National Design Studio Director and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia.
"People are going to save a lot of money and be healthy," Trump said.
Sixteen of the largest global drugmakers have struck "most-favored nation" deals with the Trump administration to cut drug prices for Americans in exchange for exemptions from U.S. tariffs. Under those agreements they will lower prices for the government's Medicaid program and, via TrumpRx, to cash-paying consumers.
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