Trump slashes cost of medications through deals with 16 major pharmaceutical companies
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President Donald Trump unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a new government-backed website aimed at giving Americans access to discounted prescription drugs.
Speaking at the website launch Thursday evening at the White House, Trump argued that Americans have long paid far more for prescription drugs than consumers in other countries and called the price differences unprecedented.
"Americans have long been paying the highest drug prices anywhere in the world, while other countries often paid pennies on the dollar for the exact same drugs," Trump said. "We were essentially subsidizing the entire world by hundreds of billions of dollars every year." ---More...
???? TRUMP: "Starting tonight, dozens of the most commonly-used prescription drugs will be available at dramatic discounts for all consumers throughout a new website: https://t.co/hmo10A9Z1L."
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911)February 6, 2026
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