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Trump makes healthcare affordability announcement

Headline from KYMA Yuma, from the development of Aug 31, 2026

Newest development Sep 2, 2026 · 2 reportsSTAT+: How Trump’s latest pharma deals may undermine efforts to rein in drug costs

President Trump Monday announced new drug pricing deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies to lower the cost of prescriptions for Americans.

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  1. Names this update

    Trump makes healthcare affordability announcement

    Headline from KYMA Yuma ·

  2. Trump announces Medicaid drug pricing deals with nine pharmaceutical companies

    Headline from MyStateline ·

  3. Newest

    STAT+: How Trump’s latest pharma deals may undermine efforts to rein in drug costs

    Headline from STAT ·

2 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

26 articles, oldest first.

  1. Just the News

    Trump expands Most Favored Nation pricing initiative to drive down drug costs (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    "Today brings us to a total of 26 companies that have now made agreements with us. These agreements cover nine out of ten drugs that are used by Americans," Kennedy said.

  2. The Hill

    Watch live: Trump makes announcement on drug pricing (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Trump will make an announcement Monday afternoon tied to his efforts to make healthcare more affordable — after insurance prices skyrocketed when expanded subsidies under the Affordable Care Act expired late last year.

  3. Independent Journal Review

    MFN Drug Pricing Deals Expand to 26 Firms (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    President Trump announced a new wave of drug-pricing deals aimed at lowering U.S. prescription costs by tying prices to what is paid in other developed countries, with multiple manufacturers participating and promises of substantial domestic manufacturing investments.

  4. New York Post

    Trump unveils more prescription drug pricing discounts projected to save Americans $600B: ‘Major step forward’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Under the most-favored nation agreement the president announced Monday, drug prices in the United States will be in line with the lowest prices paid by other developed nations, the White House said.

  5. Newsweek

    Donald Trump Announces Pharma Deal: List of Drugs Getting Prices Reduced (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Trump expanded his drug pricing initiative with 9 pharma firms, targeting costs for seizure, transplant and other medications.

  6. STAT

    Trump strikes nine more deals with drugmakers to lower prices (opens STAT)

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    STAT's feed description

    President Trump on Monday announced the next round of pricing deals with drugmakers, with nine new companies making such agreements.

  7. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Trump administration announces drug pricing deals with Teva, Astellas and others (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced a new round of drug-pricing agreements with international pharmaceutical companies and some smaller biotechs on Monday, part of a push to make healthcare more affordable for Americans.

  8. The Hill

    Trump announces Medicaid drug pricing deals with 9 firms (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The Trump administration on Monday announced new Medicaid drug pricing agreements with nine mid-sized biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Every drug “will be at the lowest prices available anywhere in the world,” President Trump said in the Oval Office, surrounded by company executives.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Trump announces nine new most-favored-nation deals to lower prescription prices (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Trump administration announced nine new drug price reduction deals with midsize pharmaceutical companies in an effort to continue lowering prescription drug costs ahead of the November midterm elections.

  10. Common Dreams

    Trump’s Drug Pricing Deals Are a Farce (opens Common Dreams)

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    Common Dreams's feed description

    President Donald Trump is expected to announce more most-favored nation (MFN) drug pricing deals with additional pharmaceutical companies today. Public Citizen plans to immediately file a Freedom of Information request to obtain the texts of the newly claimed White House deals.

  11. CBS News

    Trump inks deal with 9 pharmaceutical companies to lower drug costs (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The White House said the agreements will reduce costs to treat Parkinson's disease, macular degeneration, glaucoma, liver disease and other illnesses.

  12. Quartz

    Trump announces drug pricing deals with 9 more drugmakers (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The new agreements bring the total number of companies in the administration's most-favored-nation pricing program to 26

  13. Money Talks News

    Trump Touts Drug-Pricing Pacts With These 9 Pharma Manufacturers (opens Money Talks News)

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    Money Talks News's feed description

    The agreements target Medicaid prices, but unpublished terms and insurance rules leave consumers with important questions about potential savings.

  14. PBS NewsHour

    WATCH: Trump says more pharmaceutical companies will lower drug prices (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The president said nine more pharmaceutical companies would sell their drugs to state Medicaid programs at discounts under his so-called "most favored nation" pricing system.

  15. UPI

    Trump touts deals with nine more pharmaceutical companies (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration has reached deals with nine more pharmaceutical companies to offer lower-priced drugs.

  16. Breitbart News

    Trump Reaches Deals with Nine More Pharmaceutical Companies to Slash Drug Prices (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Donald Trump has struck deals with nine more pharmaceutical companies to slash drug prices for patients.

  17. Deseret News

    Trump touts new agreements to lower drug prices (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    President Donald Trump held a press conference on Monday where he said that under the Most-Favored-Nation Initiative, the United States will save billions of dollars after nine more companies signed agreements to sell their drugs to state Medicaid programs at discounted prices.

  18. American Greatness

    Trump Announces Drug Pricing Deals Projected to Save Americans $600 Billion (opens American Greatness)

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    American Greatness's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced new agreements with major pharmaceutical companies Monday that he said will bring U.S. prescription drug prices in line with the lowest […] Source

  19. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Trump administration announces drug pricing deals with CSL, Astellas and others (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a new round of drug-pricing agreements with international pharmaceutical companies and some smaller biotechs on Monday, part of a push to make healthcare more affordable for Americans.

  20. Time

    What Trump's Most-Favored-Nation Deal Means for Drug Prices (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    A deal with pharmaceutical companies may not be as far-reaching as the administration says, according to experts.

  21. Latin Times

    Nine New Drugmakers Join Trump's Pricing Pact — But the Savings Remain Unproven (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Nine more drugmakers joined Trump's MFN pricing deal, but the discounts flow through Medicaid — a program Texas and Florida never expanded.

  22. KYMA Yuma

    Trump makes healthcare affordability announcement (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    President Trump Monday announced new drug pricing deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies to lower the cost of prescriptions for Americans.

  23. The Columbian

    Trump adds nine drugmakers to Medicaid price deal program (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has struck new drug pricing agreements with nine biotech and pharmaceutical companies including UCB SA, Bridgebio Pharma Inc. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

  24. MyStateline

    Trump announces Medicaid drug pricing deals with nine pharmaceutical companies (opens MyStateline)

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    MyStateline's feed description

    The Trump administration announced new Medicaid drug pricing agreements with nine biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

  25. STAT

    STAT+: How Trump’s latest pharma deals may undermine efforts to rein in drug costs (opens STAT)

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    STAT's feed description

    Analysts say private deals involve drugmakers agreeing to lower prices in Medicaid, where prices are low, in return for no price cuts in Medicare.

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