We know a lot of MAGA folks are concerned about President Trump’s polling numbers due to his war against Iran. I personally hear from a lot of my friends that they are worried the president has completely lost focus on his core campaign issue – making life more affordable for all Americans.
I have to say there are days when I share those concerns, especially on the issue of affordability. But I do like something that Trump did this week to address the issue, which included bringing in a political nemesis, billionaire Mark Cuban.
Together, along with some other companies, they are both making prescription medications cheaper:
President Donald Trump announced Monday that TrumpRx.gov is expanding the number of drugs it offers nearly sevenfold by adding 600 generics to its website. …
“Today I’m thrilled to announce that we’re increasing the number of drugs available on TrumpRx by nearly seven times, adding over 600 affordable generics to the website, working with industry partners,” Trump said.
“Cost-effective generic drugs are often available at just a tiny fraction of the price of their brand-name equivalents, and in theory, they’re the same thing,” he added. “Sometimes they’re better with the same dosage, the same effectiveness, and the same active ingredients. Yet many consumers do not think to ask for them. They don’t know about them.”
Trump said that the website will offer the lowest prices on drugs that tens of millions of Americans need.
“With these additions, TrumpRx will feature the best and lowest prices on prescriptions used by tens of millions of Americans already, and in some cases, the discounted generics available through TrumpRx may be offered at an even lower cash price than the out-of-pocket insurance costs, which has always been the lowest. We’re going to be lower,” he said. …
Cost Plus Drugs, a direct-to-consumer online pharmacy, is one of the companies partnering with the Trump administration on the effort to bring generics online to TrumpRx, and its cofounder, Mark Cuban, was on hand for the announcement.
“Mr. President, I think, other than you, I’ve been the biggest proponent of [TrumpRx.gov], and the reason for that is Republicans want cheaper drugs, independents want cheaper drugs, Democrats want cheaper drugs, and together I think we’re going to do something special,” he said.
Cuban later told Breitbart News when asked if Americans should look at what Trump is doing through a non-partisan lens instead of reflexively opposing everything he does:
What should happen is, if you’re concerned about health care and you’re buying medications, you should go to Costplusdrugs.com and see if we have it, go to TrumpRx, and see if we have it because you know the way I always look at politics, and any politician, the only thing I care about is can they reduce the stress of the American people. All the politics increases stress. This: TrumpRx and Cost Plus Drugs working together is one step towards reducing the stress.
That’s fair, but he voted for Kacklin’ Kamala, and I can’t imagine anything more stressful than the left-wing policies and continued open borders she would have brought to the country.
In any event, this is a great effort by the president to get prices down for a consumer good that every American needs at some point.
