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The Daily

TrumpRx Opens for Business

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Last week, the Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx to try to counteract the high cost of prescription drugs. The president hailed the website as a “transformative” health care initiative. Margot Sanger-Katz, who covers health care policy, explains how the site works, and whether it will actually save Americans money.

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is the Daily.

0:13.0

Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States.

0:17.8

Last week, President Trump unveiled Trump RX.

0:21.9

Dozens of the most commonly used prescription drugs will be available at dramatic discounts for all consumers throughout a new website.

0:32.6

It's called TrumpRX.gov.

0:35.2

The administration's answer to the high cost of prescription drugs.

0:39.5

This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by

0:44.3

many, many times.

0:46.7

And it's not even close.

0:48.2

You're going to see numbers that you're not going to believe.

0:50.7

The president hailed the website as a, quote, transformative health care initiative.

0:55.7

Congratulations to you and all that money you're saving, okay?

0:58.9

Thank you.

0:59.8

Thank you very much, everybody.

1:01.2

Appreciate it.

1:02.1

Today, my colleague Margo Sanger Katz explains how the site works and whether it will actually save Americans' money.

1:09.8

Thank you. and whether it will actually save Americans' money.

1:21.0

It's Wednesday, February 11.

1:31.1

Margo, welcome back to the show.

1:32.9

It's nice to be back.

1:40.6

I feel like I have been hearing about this Trump RX thing for probably months now without having a good sense of what this thing actually was.

1:45.6

Like, I didn't know if it was an online pharmacy, a Trump-branded online pharmacy,

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