Washington, D.C. – After a marathon of disastrous hearings from HHS Secretary RFK Jr, Trump took the stage in a pitiful attempt to gaslight Americans about his record on prescription drug costs. As of March 2026, a record high six in ten Americans are worried about being able to afford prescription drugs under Trump 2.0. His claims of cheaper drugs through TrumpRx are nothing more than a publicity stunt. The site doesn’t lower prices, cap out-of-pocket costs, or expand coverage for working families. Instead, families who use the site could end up paying hundreds more for expensive brand-name drugs instead of affordable generics or prescriptions covered by their insurance.
The promises of this deal stand in stark contrast to the reality that millions of working families face: higher drug prices, higher health care costs, and lost coverage. If he actually cared about affordability, he wouldn’t have cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by over $1 trillion to finance tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. These cuts have thrown our health care system into crisis, burdening families with higher premiums, skyrocketing drug prices, and forcing 15 million Americans to lose coverage. Nationwide, nearly 900 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other critical providers are closing their doors, reducing essential services, or both, causing wait times at hospitals to get longer, and leaving entire communities without access to lifesaving care.
Instead of addressing the health care crisis he created, Trump decided to tout more false promises.
“Trump’s lies are an insult to the millions of working families who are being forced to choose between feeding their kids or paying for their medication,” said Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach. “Trump and congressional Republicans can’t pretend to stand with working families while padding the pockets of billionaires and big corporations, including drug companies, and they can’t talk about affordability when they are the ones who have made life more expensive.
“The soaring costs of premiums and hospital closures speak for themselves. No amount of political theater or grandstanding can detract from this reality. Families know who made life harder, and they won’t forget when they cast their ballots in November.”
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