What you need to know about TrumpRx
Marketplace Morning Report
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4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
The Trump administration has launched the new TrumpRx website, where people can shop for prescription drugs at discounted rates. The site, a hub that points cash-paying customers to five participating manufacturers' websites, went live yesterday. We dig in. Then, it's been a bumpy week for markets. What should we make of it? Plus, we speak with a Minneapolis restaurant owner who says sales are down 50% due to ICE's crackdown in the city.
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| 0:00.0 | This Marketplace podcast is supported by Fayree Drinker, one of the largest law firms in Minnesota, |
| 0:06.4 | with nearly 300 Minneapolis attorneys helping clients solve complex legal issues in meeting their goals in the Twin Cities and Beyond, |
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| 0:18.3 | Trump RX? A rough week for markets. and trying to run a restaurant during a nice operation. |
| 0:25.7 | From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshaw, and for David Brancaccio. |
| 0:29.0 | The Trump administration has launched the new Trump RX website where people can shop for prescription drugs. |
| 0:35.6 | The site went live yesterday. |
| 0:41.4 | Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genzor explains how it'll work and who it'll benefit. |
| 0:46.3 | Trump RX will initially offer 40 medications from five manufacturers, |
| 0:50.8 | ranging from inhalers to insulin, fertility, and weight loss medications. |
| 0:55.2 | A White House fact sheet says more drugs will be made available in the coming months. You won't be buying your medications right on Trump RX. Instead, it's a hub that points you |
| 1:01.2 | to participating manufacturers' websites. Trump RX offers coupons for some drugs that consumers |
| 1:07.0 | take to their pharmacies. You still need a prescription, and you can't use your insurance |
| 1:11.5 | to shop on Trump RX. It's only available for cash-paying patients. But insurance doesn't cover some |
| 1:17.6 | things like obesity and fertility drugs. It's not clear what kind of impact Trump RX will have. |
| 1:24.0 | Some drug manufacturers already offer a discount to cash-paying customers, and some of these |
| 1:28.7 | medications are already available as cheaper generics. I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace. |
| 1:35.3 | It has been a bumpy week for markets. Software stocks like Salesforce and Intuit got pummeled |
| 1:42.4 | by new AI tools from Anthropic that investors |
| 1:45.4 | fear will make a lot of software obsolete. But they are bouncing back a little this morning. |
| 1:50.7 | And before you worry about a tech Armageddon, there may also be something else going on here. |
| 1:56.5 | Christopher Lowe is chief economist at FHN Financial in New York. |
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