America doesn't expect most of the women at The View to report accurate and objective information. But this time, Joy Behar’s distortions sank to a new low.
Through TrumpRx.gov, patients get large discounts on many of the most popular and highest-priced medicines in the country.
Three of The View’s five hosts think that’s bad, only because President Donald Trump is involved.
Behar warned viewers that the president uses TrumpRx to “put his name” on prescription drugs and, as a consequence, “we’re all going to die.”
Seriously?
Co-host Sunny Hostin added fuel to the fire.
“He is not doing this out of the goodness of his heart,” Hostin told a nationwide audience on ABC.
“He’s doing this to make money.”
No, Trump does not profit from TrumpRx. The president receives no royalties, no fees and no equity. TrumpRx is not a private entity. Several websites refer to it as “the government’s drug purchasing portal.” As if that wasn’t proof enough, one can glean from the website address, trumprx.gov, that it’s a government operation.
And, no, we’re not all going to die because Trump’s name is attached. TrumpRx is standard branding, as were Reaganomics and Obamacare.
Can we please put this horrible misinformation to bed?
Americans who suffer from debilitating illnesses have saved so much that they can now pay for essential foods and utilities. Fortunately, two of Behar’s co-hosts, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines, came to the table with a dose of common sense. Behar and Hostin refused to listen.
“People should just not have access to cheaper drugs because Trump has his name on it?” Griffin asked.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who, like Behar and Hostin, suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome, raised her hand to say yes.
Per the usual, members of the media refuse to share the many success stories of TrumpRx.
How about some truth for a change?
When it comes to weight loss, Americans use TrumpRx to purchase Wegovy for $199, a fraction of the original listing price.
Humira, which treats rheumatoid arthritis, was reduced from $7,000 to $950. That drug lost its patent protection in 2023, but generic equivalents are available on TrumpRx for about $208 a dose.
Genentech, meanwhile, will sell its flu treatment Xofluza for about $50, down from $168.
More and more people are learning the many benefits of TrumpRx. Mark Cuban, one of Trump’s most ardent critics, praises the website.
At least 15 million people have visited TrumpRx thus far.
If Cuban, of all people, can open his mind, then can't Behar, Hostin and Goldberg do the same?
Is it too much to ask Behar and her colleagues to serve the public interest and behave like responsible stewards of mass communication and report the facts?
Americans who rely on prescription drugs for their very lives can use TrumpRx to learn those facts for themselves.
Please, Mrs. Behar, do what’s right. No more hyperbole. No more hysteria. Take off your ideological blinders — if for no other reason than to help Americans in need.
Ellmers, RN, is a registered nurse and former member of Congress who served on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health