Unable to get traction on her 2024 controversial plan to cap drug prices, Gov. Katie Hobbs is now pursuing an alternate approach: a state-issued discount card.

An executive order signed Wednesday joins Arizona with other states that issue cards that can give an average 18% discount for named prescription drugs, with an average mark-down of 80% for generics. There is no cost for the card.

If all of that sounds familiar, it should: Various private companies like GoodRx, SingleCare and WellRx already offer such cards, without cost—and with the same promised savings.

But Hobbs said this Array Rx program which already includes Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, is different because it is a non-profit consortium.

“Our sole focus is on lowering drug costs for our constituents,” she s

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