What to know about TrumpRx, the Trump administration’s prescription drug platform
Trump launched a website to highlight lower cash prices for some treatments
By Elaine Chen, John Wilkerson, and Chelsea Cirruzzo, Stat, Feb. 5, 2026
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The TrumpRx website, which uses technology from health care company GoodRx, displays the cash prices — that is, the prices available when paying without insurance — for certain drugs and directs patients to other sites where they can buy the therapies…
Though the direct prices are lower than list prices, they still amount to several hundred dollars per month for many drugs, largely more than the cost for patients using insurance. And typically when patients buy their drugs directly from pharma companies, none of their spending counts toward their deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums, which are meant to limit costs over time.
The website displays the discounts that the cash prices represent for each drug, but it compares the cash prices to list prices of drugs, which can be misleading…
A spokesperson for GoodRx, which provides discounted drug coupons on its website, told STAT that it was a “key integration partner” for pharmaceutical companies offering discounted prices on TrumpRx, meaning drugmakers will partner with GoodRx to host their self-pay prices and GoodRx will integrate that pricing onto the TrumpRx platform. …
TrumpRx does not sell medications. It’s a searchable website that links to other sites through which patients can directly buy brand drugs…In some cases, the website gives patients a coupon that they can use to fill drugs at the cash price online or at retail pharmacies… The site currently lists 43 brand-name drugs, including from at least some of the 16 pharma companies that have struck deals with the White House…[end quote]
I always check GoodRX and BlinkHealth before deciding where to fill a prescription. They are often cheaper than the insurance price for generic drugs.
It’s too soon to tell how TrumpRx will affect the profits of drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (such as CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx— which control about 80% of the U.S. market.
Wendy
