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Hm, I wonder what Mark Cuban who runs costplusdrugs.com thinks of this. He hasn't commented that I can see yet https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social

The name of that website is interesting. I had heard of landmarks being named after politicians, laws being nicknamed after them (e.g. obamacare) or after judicial decisions, but it seems that it's usually, at least seemingly, by others. This one is directly named after the president launching it. I can't think of a precedent, was there one?

Nice to see the admin can even flub basic math.

https://imgur.com/a/XCQr5EP

$1,449 --> $252 is "93% off", apparently?

Reports are that this is just a rebranded GoodRx.

When Democrats regain power, what are Republicans going to complain about after 8 years of giving their guy the green light to do anything.

> "White House launches direct-to-consumer drug site..."

> "The site is not selling drugs directly to American patients..."

Just another layer of middlemen. They should go with the proper free market option and allow Americans to buy medication from other countries.

Trump’s Prescription Drug Website Exposed as a Big Fat Scam - https://newrepublic.com/post/206265/trump-prescription-drug-... - February 6th, 2026

https://x.com/cturnbull1968/status/2019602529278136786 | https://archive.today/IG7Au

https://x.com/okcreports/status/2019655323137589399 | https://archive.today/mbMdd

Yet another scam[1], just like "no tax on overtime".

[1]: https://newrepublic.com/post/206265/trump-prescription-drug-...

So playing "skeptic in a vacuum" for a minute—i.e., pretending that I don't know anything about this administration, and not having done any research beyond reading the linked article—this seems like a pretty good thing. Insurance companies negotiate tremendous discounts for pharmaceuticals, which means that people without insurance are often majorly screwed when trying to buy medicine. Having the government act as a negotiator with the drug companies to obtain similar discounts for the uninsured seems to be a positive move.

Happy to have someone explain to me why this is a bad take.

Is this like Trump University?

He is desperate to come up with a grift with his name on it because he's jealous of Obamacare, which was even named by Republicans, even though they also somehow think the ACA isn't the exact same thing.