{"id":10456,"date":"2018-05-19T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10456"},"modified":"2018-05-18T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T12:40:01","slug":"vermont-legislators-pass-a-drug-importation-law-so-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10456","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Legislators Pass A Drug Importation Law. So What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>This week, Vermont passed a\u00a0first-in-the-nation law\u00a0that would facilitate the state\u2019s importation of prescription drugs wholesale from Canada. 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