TrumpRx Exposed: What It Means for Your Prescriptions w/ Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen
About this episode
The episode discusses TrumpRx and its implications for prescription drug costs in the U.S.
President Trump recently announced TrumpRx, a new direct-to-consumer website that he claims will lower prescription drug costs in the U.S. What is TrumpRx and how does it work? Will it help you access cheaper medicines, or not? Peter Maybarduk from Public Citizen talks about it in this #CareTalk episode with show host, cancer survivor, and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices . Plus Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works and Louise Norris from healthinsurance.org answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, private insurance and more. This episode has more about changes proposed to insurance plans from CMS including a deductible of over 15,000 dollars for catastrophic health insurance, and as Medicare Advantage open enrollment continues what are the differences between traditional Medicare and MA. New episodes of Care Talk every Tuesday, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Text or call in your health insurance and health care questions in to (202) 838-6837 to get answers in future shows! Free or Low Cost Health Care Resources on our show page…
People in this episode
Host: Laura Packard
Guest: Peter Maybarduk
Topics covered
- prescription drug costs
- health insurance
- Medicare
- Affordable Care Act
- Medicaid
- TrumpRx
Keywords
- TrumpRx
- prescription drugs
- health care
- Medicare
- Affordable Care Act
- Medicaid
- insurance plans
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Public Citizen, Just Care & Social Security Works, healthinsurance.org
Products: TrumpRx
Places: U.S.
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