{"id":10008,"date":"2018-04-02T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10008"},"modified":"2018-04-02T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:35:38","slug":"pharmacy-gag-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10008","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy gag clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new bill introduced in the Senate would end the \u201cpharmacy gag clause\u201d which is a tactic under which a pharmacist may not inform customers which of the two options would cost less for a certain product. Americans overspend by an estimated $135 million on prescriptions through their insurance, in cases when they would cost less out of pocket. Read the context of the bill along with what the supporters and opponents have to say about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/govtrackinsider.com\/patient-right-to-know-drug-prices-act-would-prevent-pharmacy-companies-from-hiding-prices-287d01b96421\">Click here for context<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8430\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new bill introduced in the Senate would end the \u201cpharmacy gag clause\u201d which is a tactic under which a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10009,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10008\/revisions\/10009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}