{"id":2648681,"date":"2026-08-23T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-oz-1-in-3-americans-cant-afford-prescriptions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:16:07","slug":"dr-oz-1-in-3-americans-cant-afford-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-oz-1-in-3-americans-cant-afford-prescriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oz: 1 in 3 Americans can&#8217;t afford prescriptions"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdr-oz-1-in-3-americans-cant-afford-prescriptions%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=2648681&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>Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, highlighted efforts under the Trump administration 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>, emphasizing improvements from the most-favored-nation pricing agreements and the TrumpRx platform. He pointed out that healthcare expenses are a major concern for Americans, with many unable to afford prescribed medications and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leaving pharmacies empty-handed<\/a>. The administration\u2019s policies aim to address this disparity by preventing Americans from paying considerably higher prices than those in other countries. Oz noted that drug prices have decreased rapidly over the past year, marking the steepest decline in over six decades, partly due to the administration&#8217;s strategies. The TrumpRx platform, wich expanded to include over 600 generic drugs through partnerships with companies like Cost Plus Drugs, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx, is expected to generate significant savings for consumers. Oz believes that the combination of international price matching and increased access via TrumpRx could lead to significant cost reductions for American patients.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-mehmet-oz\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2270\">Mehmet Oz<\/a> touted the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"339\">Trump administration\u2019s<\/a> efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-budget-committee-chairman-sanders-says-they-will-consider-6-trillion-budget-bill\/\" title=\"Senate Budget Committee chairman Sanders says they will consider  trillion budget bill\">lower prescription drug prices<\/a>, arguing that Americans are beginning to see the impact of the administration\u2019s most-favored-nation pricing agreements and the TrumpRx platform. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is just what the doctor ordered. This is the No. 1 issue that Americans fear about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8776\">healthcare<\/a> costs, because it comes out of their pocket. If you\u2019re sitting at home right now, you go to a drugstore, because a doctor prescribed the medication, especially a branded product, that might change your life for the better, hopefully. One in three times, roughly, you will leave empty handed cause you can\u2019t afford the medication,\u201d Oz said on CBS News\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em> Sunday. <\/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\/policy\/healthcare\/4697790\/dr-oz-1-in-3-pharmacy-empty-handed-over-drug-costs\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dr. Oz: 1 in 3 Americans leave pharmacy empty-handed over drug costs<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4697759\/pence-heartened-transgender-former-cia-briefer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pence says he\u2019s \u2018heartened\u2019 after transgender former CIA briefer praises his treatment of her<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4697669\/hasan-piker-we-are-charlie-kirk-live-show\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hasan Piker called \u2018evil\u2019 after singing \u2018We Are Charlie Kirk\u2019 meme song at live show<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oz emphasized that the cost of healthcare remains a major concern for Americans, particularly when expenses come directly out of their pockets. He also noted that patients are frequently forced to leave pharmacies without their prescriptions because they cannot afford them. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that the administration\u2019s efforts are changing that dynamic by addressing the disparity between what Americans pay for prescription drugs and what patients in other countries pay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says a third of Americans who get prescriptions \u201cleave empty-handed from the drugstore because our drugs cost much more than they cost in other countries.\u201d Dr. Oz says that\u2019s why the Trump administration pursued the most-favored-nation deals with\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AXnjmV2AvB\">pic.twitter.com\/AXnjmV2AvB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/2091562342358171981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you see drug prices drop as fast as they have over the past year, the fastest drop we\u2019ve had in 63 years. And it\u2019s accelerating, which is why I\u2019m confident that it\u2019s gonna continue,\u201d Oz said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prescription <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4690039\/trump-pharmaceutical-drug-prices-mfn-credit\/\">drug prices fell<\/a> 0.8% in July and were down 3.1% from the previous year, marking the steepest annual decline in more than 60 years. The decline has coincided with the administration\u2019s Most Favored Nation agreements and the February launch of TrumpRx.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oz said the administration was careful not to dictate what pharmaceutical companies could charge, but instead sought to prevent Americans from paying substantially more than consumers abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573199\/trumprx-mark-cuban-partnership-generics\/\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE ADDS GENERICS TO TRUMPRX<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TrumpRx has also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573199\/trumprx-mark-cuban-partnership-generics\/\">expanded<\/a> since its February launch. In May, the administration added more than 600 generic medications through partnerships with Cost Plus Drugs, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx, broadening the platform\u2019s ability to connect consumers with lower-cost prescriptions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oz argued that the combination of international price matching and expanded access through TrumpRx could produce \u201cseismic\u201d savings for American patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Oz praises efforts to cut drug costs, highlighting recent price drops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2648682,"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\/08\/AP26189635059654-e1787515626614.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84561,4964,52641],"class_list":["post-2648681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-drug-affordability","tag-health","tag-prescriptions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26189635059654-e1787515626614.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648681","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648685,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648681\/revisions\/2648685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2648682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}