President Trump touted his efforts to lower prescription drug costs during his State of the Union address Tuesday, and recognized the very first customer of his TrumpRx website.
“Other presidents tried to do it, but they never could,” Trump said of lowering drug costs.
“But I got it done,” he boasted.
The president held up his most favored nation policy — which is intended to equalize drug costs between the US and other major Western countries — and TrumpRx, which drug companies like Pfizer have pledged to provide discounted medicines for, as evidence of his success.
“Americans who for decades paid by far the highest prices of any nation, anywhere in the world, for prescription drugs, will now pay the lowest price anywhere in the world,” Trump asserted.
“That’s a big achievement,” he continued, adding that his TrumpRx platform has drugs discounted by as much as “600% and more, all available right now.”
Trump invited Catherine Rayner, a military spouse and the first TrumpRx customer, to the State of the Union and shared her story.
“She and her husband have struggled with infertility, and they turned to IVF,” the president explained. “One drug has been costing Catherine $4,000 to purchase, but a few weeks ago, she logged on to the TrumpRx website and got that same drug that cost $4,000, got it for under $500.”
“Katherine, we are all praying for you and you’re going to be a great mom.”
The president also called on Congress to codify his most favored nation policy into law.
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