TrumpRX compare to existing platforms

So TrumpRX is finally actually active.
https://trumprx.gov/
As noted, TrumpRX does not sell medications, but directs patients to manufacturers’ cash-price sales platforms negotiated by the administration.
Also noted, TrumpRX does not allow insurance payment.

How does TrumpRX compare to existing programs, such as Cost Plus Drug Company, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx, as well as pharmaceutical manufacturers that sell directly to patients through their own websites and the upcoming Amer​i​c​as​Med​i​cines​.com?

Does injecting the government into this space provide any benefits or does it handicap private efforts to accomplish the same?

https://www.cato.org/blog/trumprx-wh...s-build-market

https://abc7.com/post/trumprx-launch...ents/18552742/

Can’t use it with existing medical plans……..same as other after market coupons. It may be worth something for those uninsured.

elg…..

Well....since they are driving policies that will GREATLY increase the number of uninsured...then this will be a good thing?

Right?

Right?

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Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company only offers up to 80% savings, so poor compared to Trump's 500% and up.

But, unlike TrumpRX, you can use existing insurance with Cost Plus

Currently, we only accept prescription insurance for the following insurance providers. However, we will be adding more insurance plans in the coming months. If you aren’t sure if Cost Plus Drugs accepts your insurance, please contact your insurance company and ask if Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company is an “in‑network pharmacy" with your prescription plan.


AffirmedRx, Archimedes, Capital Blue Cross, Drexi, FairosRx, Liviniti, MedOne, Network Health Plan, NWA ECH Health Plan, Oread Rx, PCA Rx, PharmPix, Prescryptive, Rightway, RxPreferred, RxSaveCard, Scripius, SelectHealth, SGRX, SmithRx, TransparentRx, True Rx Health Strategists, TrueScripts, VIVIO, WellDyne, and other select prescription plans.

500%?

I thought I heard 1000% in a speech to the World Economic Forum.

And they took him SOOOOO seriously!

If it looks like a buffoon, walks like a buffoon and talks like a buffoon...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!

And the answer is...TrumpRX is basically GoodRX in disguise, with fewer meds.

“Transparent direct-to-consumer prescription pricing helps to ensure millions of Americans have access to the healthcare they deserve, Wendy Barnes, president and CEO of GoodRx, said in a statement. “GoodRx gives manufacturers a proven way to launch discounted cash pricing at scale and extend it directly into TrumpRx. Together, we’re turning the promise of prescription drug affordability into a reality for millions of Americans.”

Pointed out on another thread here.
https://eccie.net/showpost.php?p=106...&postcount=250

and more detailed background
https://www.reddit.com/r/pharmacy/co...s_with_goodrx/

For 34 of the 43 drugs, TrumpRx appears to be a straight rebrand of GoodRx with no independent price improvement.

The rebranded drugs: Duavee, Toviaz, Eucrisa, Prempro, Abrilada, Estring, Protonix, Premarin, Pristiq, Xeljanz, Levoxyl, Cortef, Colestid, Zarontin, Nicotrol, Cytomel, Diflucan, Lopid, Medrol, Tikosyn, Vfend, Viracept, Zyvox, Azulfidine, Azulfidine En-Tabs, Zavzpret, Chantix, Ozempic, Wegovy, Wegovy Tablet, Premarin Vaginal Cream, Ngenla, Cleocin. Genotropin appears to be copied but I was unable to easily correlate it in GoodRx.

These coupons use the exact same BIN and PCN codes as GoodRx, differing only in the vanity Group/Member ID (MAHA/TRUMPRX).

B. Redirected to existing manufacturer programs (no net value)

For 5 drugs, TrumpRx redirects users to manufacturer direct-purchase programs that already existed prior to TrumpRx’s launch:

Bevespi – AstraZeneca Direct
Xigduo XR – AstraZeneca Direct
Farxiga – AstraZeneca Direct
Airsupra – AstraZeneca Direct
Zepbound – LillyDirect

While these prices definitely beat GoodRx coupons, TrumpRx is not negotiating new pricing here — it is simply pointing users to established manufacturer channels.

C. Manufacturer discount pass-throughs (meaningful but not novel)

For 3 drugs, TrumpRx provides access to manufacturer pharmacy partnership discounts that are lower than GoodRx and likely best-in-market.

All 3 drugs come from EMD Serono:

Cetrotide
Ovidrel
Gonal-F

These appear to be standard manufacturer discount codes used to acquire new patients. Notably, they are not branded with TrumpRx/MAHA Group or Member IDs, suggesting TrumpRx is passing through manufacturer pricing rather than negotiating MFN-style discounts.

At least Trump picked a good program to plagarize.

Of course, a quick syncophant mention
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary called the website “amazing.”

At least the boffins doing the TrumpRX website can do basic math, unlike Trump.

At the launch event for TrumpRx.gov, Trump said the program would lower U.S. prescription drug prices by offering Americans the lowest prices anywhere in the world — meaning matching or beating drug prices in other countries. He claimed that prices are going “way down” by “as much as 300%, 400%, 500%, even 600%” compared to what Americans have been paying previously.

https://trumprx.gov/p/cetrotide
Cetrotide®
93% off
Duavee®
85% off