It’s called Trump Rx. The Trump administration says the plan is to lower the cost of health care so that Floridians can access the medicines they need at dramatically lower prices.
“Americans can find major discounts on some of the most widely used and most expensive medications on the market,” said the White House.
Health experts say the program is specifically designed for uninsured patients or those whose insurance does not cover specific medications.
Some of the lower cost examples include:
Insulin is available for as low as $25 per month. More than $1,000 per month on Ozempic and Wegovy, which help treat diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and other conditions.
More than $2,000 per cycle of fertility drugs for Gonal-F, Cetrotide, and Ovidrel. More than $400 each on Bevespi Aerosphere and Airsupra inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A bill to codify this into law is being supported by Florida Republicans like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS NOT ON BOARD
According to TheHill.com, there are more than 50 conservative leaders and free market groups who have signed onto a letter opposing the President’s plan.The conservative opposition to codifying the “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) pricing model.. The coalition letter specifically addresses MFN-style international reference pricing and its potential impacts on innovation and access
In the letter, groups are claiming the pricing law the White House wants to implement would bring in bring be unintended negative consequences from the “socialist price controls.”
Some also called the program “Obamacare Lite.”
Organizations opposing Trump Rx include Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform; Trump’s former economist Stephen Moore, co-founder of Unleash Prosperity Now. Tim Chapman, president of Advancing American Freedom; Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment; Ryan Ellis, president of Center for a Free Economy; Alfredo Ortiz, CEO of the Job Creators Network; Morton Blackwell, a Virginia Republican National Committee member; Emily Stack, executive director of Moms for America Action; Pete Sepp, president of National Taxpayers Union; and David Williams, president of Taxpayers Protection Alliance.
