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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Trump Rx prescription drug site ‘not a solution’ for many patients, experts say

a man in a suit speaks into a microphone in front of a backdrop that reads 'TrumpRx'
Trump with Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) last week. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/UPI/Shutterstock

The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, but there are other sites offering discounts on more medications, and the new government site will appeal to a very limited group of patients, experts say.

Trump has promised reforms on the unusually high drug prices in the US, and he called the announcement “the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history” at a press conference on Thursday. Yet the site only lists 43 medications, more than half of which are available in generic form at significantly cheaper prices elsewhere.

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