{"id":2604111,"date":"2026-05-18T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-speaks-at-healthcare-affordability-event\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:42:49","slug":"watch-live-trump-speaks-at-healthcare-affordability-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-speaks-at-healthcare-affordability-event\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at healthcare affordability event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-trump-speaks-at-healthcare-affordability-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is set to announce on Monday at 4:30 p.m. an expansion of his TrumpRX pharmaceutical purchasing platform at the White House. The service, launched in early February, previously sold discounted brand-name drugs from 17 manufacturers directly to consumers. Billionaire Mark Cuban-who runs the generic drug marketplace Cost Plus Drugs-is expected to attend, and the article notes that Cost Plus Drugs plans to collaborate with TrumpRX by integrating their medication lists. The proclamation is framed as part of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-grows-on-biden-to-act-on-crisis-in-tibet\/\" title=\"Pressure Grows on Biden to Act on Crisis in Tibet\">broader efforts<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cut prescription drug costs ahead<\/a> of the 2026 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> is expected to announce a major expansion of TrumpRX on Monday at 4:30 p.m. at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/white-house\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The pharmaceutical drug purchasing platform, which Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4447308\/trump-announce-launch-trumprx-drug-discount-site\/\">launched in early February<\/a>, previously only sold brand-name drugs from 17 specific manufacturers directly to consumers at a discounted rate. Billionaire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-cuban\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7028\">Mark Cuban<\/a>, who owns and operates the online generic pharmaceutical marketplace Cost Plus Drugs, is expected to attend Trump\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4538979\/mark-cuban-trump-rx-cost-drugs-plus\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4538979\">MARK CUBAN ANNOUNCES COST PLUS DRUGS COLLABORATION WITH TRUMPRX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4573045\/american-missionary-ebola-congo\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>American missionary tests positive for Ebola while serving in Congo<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4572614\/colorado-adult-dies-hantavirus-cruise-ship\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Colorado adult dies from hantavirus, but case not linked to cruise ship<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4571129\/new-fda-head-planned-parenthood-past-concerns-anti-abortion-lobby\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New FDA head\u2019s Planned Parenthood past prompts concerns from anti-abortion lobby<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Cuban announced that Cost Plus Drugs would be collaborating with TrumpRX in late April. Cuban told Fox News at the time that his company would be \u201cintegrating\u201d its medication list with the TrumpRX platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump routinely touts his efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-sen-mark-kelly-campaign-ad-called-white-men-single-greatest-domestic-terrorist-group\/\" title=\"Star of Sen. Mark Kelly Campaign Ad Called White Men &#039;Single Greatest Domestic Terrorist Group&#039;\">lower prescription drug costs<\/a>, especially his \u201cMost Favored Nations\u201d pricing proposal, for voters, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/healthcare\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/healthcare\/\">healthcare<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordability\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21532\">affordability<\/a> remain top issues heading into the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to expand TrumpRX Monday at 4:30 p.m.; Mark Cuban attends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4278,"featured_media":2604112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135832932963.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4606,32169,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2604111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-healthcare","tag-live-event","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135832932963.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604115,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604111\/revisions\/2604115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}