TrumpRx, the website launched by the Trump administration Thursday to sell discounted prescription drugs directly to consumers, is offering a whole lot less than advertised. The drugs offered on the site are all from brand-name manufacturers, making them more expensive than generic brands. Almost all of the drugs are also covered through insurance already. The product pages on the website even say, “If you have insurance, check your co-pay first—it may be even lower.”One X user fact-checked Trump’s claim Thursday that TrumpRx will lower the cost of inhalers from $458 to $51. In reality, clicking on the link on TrumpRx redirects the user to the manufacturer’s website to see if the buyer qualifies for hardship discounts. As the user pointed out, these discounts are available regardless of whether TrumpRx is involved. Another X user pointed out that the lack of generic drugs on TrumpRx makes prices higher than on prescription comparison sites such as GoodRx. “There may be patients who think this is a good deal and then end up financially worse off,” Rachel Sachs, a law professor studying drug pricing at Washington University in St. Louis who advised the Biden administration on drug policy, told The New York Times. “TrumpRx is a sideshow,” said Sean D. Sullivan, a health economist at the University of Washington. “I consider it not a real, serious effort in service to lowering prescription drug prices for Americans.”>https://newrepublic.com/post/206265/trump-prescription-drug-website-trumprx-scam
>>1487164OTHER SOURCES:>https://www.protectourcare.org/statement-trumprx-scam-bails-out-drug-companies-while-seniors-suffer/>https://cafemom.com/news/trumprx-reviews-a-scam-with-receipts
>>1487164>If you have insurance, check your co-pay first—it may be even lower.”Insurance premiums are high. What's the cost of insurance premiums plus copay versus the medication?>it is just a really helpful way to find the lowest available priceOh no>genericsGenerics do need to be reputable.
>>1487238Are you trying to defend the latest trump scam?We could instantly solve this by fully nationalizing the entire healthcare system. All that money wasted on insurance shareholders go to actual healthcare, billions, if not trillions saved.
>>1487164>Trump Whatever is a scamYou don’t say.
>>1487164>Demoslops complainCan they ever shut the fuck up?
>>1487243how dare youpeople deserve to skim billions of dollars of health care money to provide no significant serviceyou will die funding their extravagant lifestyles, and you better thank them for it
>>1487238>>it is just a really helpful way to find the lowest available price>Oh nomeanwhile>Another X user pointed out that the lack of generic drugs on TrumpRx makes prices higher than on prescription comparison sites such as GoodRx.
>>1487164Will it cover a penis removal? Asking for a friend that posts on /news/.
>>1487246Trumps presidency was a great deal, possibly the greatest
>>1487272Yes, that's why trans was pushed so hard for the past decade.
>>1487164Luigi was right, now it's time for mario party,
>>1487320Good post.
>>1487247Yeah this. He’s doing his best ok? Drug prices would be $0 but Biden’s economy makes it impossible
>>1487320>Luigi was rightCorrect. Health insurance is a scam. So is car insurance. The total cost of insurance over a lifetime exceeds any benefits recieved.
>>1487238>Insurance premiums are high. What's the cost of insurance premiums plus copay versus the medication?Still cheaper funnily enough.
>>1487344Gold healthcare plans cost 600-1000/mo per person and only cover 80% of the cost.It would be cheaper to pay $51/mo for an inhaler than pay $600/mo + $5 deductible. Also you are sick motherfuckers for needing any medication at all.
>>1487164Still better than the government managing it. Once again, Trump looking out for the little guy. All the leftist in academy complaining just make it better. America should just ban all universities and kick out anyone with a master degree or higher. We don't need those mind raping factories.
>>1487320Who has Luigi lowered the price of drugs for?Who got care after Luigi but wouldn't get care before Luigi?
>>1487362When did /pol/ become /pol/ pot?
>>1487376>When did /pol/ become /pol/ pot?Wrong board, but that was funny as fuck. Fuck racist fascist pedophiles.
>>1487164He just needs more time.Trump made four big promises when he first ran in 2016:1) Put Crooked Hillary in prison (he didn't)2) Build a wall and have Mexico pay for it (nope)3) Scrap Obamacare and replace it with a better system that covers more Americans and costs less. (nope)4) Make anime real. (no, and that is his greatest failure by far)
>>1487363Tons of people had claims accepted directly after the shooting that had been in limbo or appealed. Things have more or less gone back to normal, but that would seem to imply putting fear in the robber-barons is a good thing, that we shouldn't let them get to comfortable or feel untouchable. Luigi's attempt was an ill-concieved, random act of violence, but there genuinely should be a concerted, unionized effort to make these people understand if they continue to profit on such a massive scale while scalping and failing to serve their consumers, we will drag them out of their homes naked in front of their families and tar and feather them.
>>1487502What promises did Joe Biden make anyways
>>1487346>It would be cheaper to pay $51/mo for an inhaler than pay $600/mo + $5 deductibleExcept you could already try and apply for the $51 plan even if Trump's website never existed. But when it comes to individual prescriptions, you're still better off getting insurance than ordering directly from the company.
>>1487506To get us out of the COVID funk and Afghanistan. To build America back better. It seems that many established democrats took the wrong lessons from his loss, however. They think it's because he went too far left, when it was things like the evaporation of the child tax credit, Gaza, inability to market himself, and being obviously ancient that depressed the dem base and swung independents over to Trump. Granted, most Americans were pretty okay with 90% of Trump's first term. They might not have liked the man himself, but they liked the economy up until COVID hit, and had it not been for the pandemic, Trump would have been reelected in 2020.
>>1487516> most Americans were pretty okay with 90% of Trump's first termNot true. He was shit his first term too. Over 50% disapproval rating for most of his term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_first_Trump_presidency
>>1487363>Who got care after Luigi but wouldn't get care before Luigi?Luigi himself ironically.
>>1487524Yeah, but without COVID, they would not have disliked him enough to turn out for the other guy. Voters would have just sat at home, and you'd get a second Trump term. You can ride 40% approvals to victory, so long as your dudes are still fired up while the independents and other side are feeling discouraged.
>>1487504I didn't hear those stories, was it anecdotes you read on Reddit or a proper news story that discussed the people who got approved after Luigi and arguably because of Luigi?
