Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
[February 06, 2026]
By ALI SWENSON
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a
website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a
discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are
growing concerns for Americans.
“You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump said at the
site’s unveiling. “And this is also so good for overall health care.”
The government-hosted website is not a platform for buying medications.
Instead, it's set up as a facilitator, pointing Americans to drugmakers’
direct-to-consumer websites, where they can make purchases. It also
provides coupons to use at pharmacies. The site launches with over 40
medications, including weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy.
The site is part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to show
it's tackling the challenges of high costs. Affordability has emerged as
a political vulnerability for Trump and his Republican allies going into
November's midterm elections, as Americans remain worried about the cost
of housing, groceries, utilities and other staples of middle-class
identity.
Trump stressed that the lower prices were made possible by his
pressuring of pharmaceutical companies on prices, saying he demanded
that they charge the same costs in the U.S. as in other nations. He said
prescription drug costs will increase in foreign countries as a result.
“We're tired of subsidizing the world,” Trump said at the evening event
on the White House campus that lasted roughly 20 minutes.
The administration is touting substantial discounts, though it's unclear
just how much impact the changes will have for family budgets. The site
includes the disclaimer that prices “may be even lower” for people with
insurance, as it lists the “out-of-pocket price.” Also, some consumers
might be able to use available generics that cost less than brand-name
medications.
Still, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, hyped the website as being transformative. He said
the lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy would cause the country to
collectively lose 100 million pounds this year. He suggested that lower
prices for the fertility drug Gonal-F would trigger pregnancies
nationwide.
“We’re going to have a lot of Trump babies with these costs,” Oz said.
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President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court
Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the
White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP
Photo/Alex Brandon)
 The president first teased TrumpRx
in September while announcing the first of his more than 15 deals
with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices to match the
lowest price offered in other developed nations. He said in December
the website would provide “massive discounts to all consumers" —
though it's unclear whether the prices available on drugmakers'
websites will routinely be any lower than what many consumers could
get through their insurance coverage.
The website's Thursday release came after it faced multiple delays,
for reasons the administration hasn't publicly shared. Last fall, Oz
told Trump the site would share prices for consumers before the end
of the year. An expected launch in late January was also pushed
back.
The president has spent the past several months seeking to spotlight
his efforts to lower drug prices for Americans. He’s done that
through deals with major pharmaceutical companies, including some of
the biggest drugmakers like Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Merck, which have
agreed to lower prices of their Medicaid drugs to so-called “most
favored nations” pricing. As part of the deals, many of the
companies' new drugs are also to be launched at discounted rates for
consumer markets through TrumpRx.
Many of the details of Trump's deals with manufacturers remain
unclear, and drug prices for patients in the U.S. can depend on many
factors, including the competition a treatment faces and insurance
coverage. Most people have coverage through work, the individual
insurance market or government programs like Medicaid and Medicare,
which shield them from much of the cost.
Trump’s administration also has negotiated lower prices for several
prescription drugs for Medicare enrollees, through a direct
negotiation program created by a 2022 law.
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