{"id":10472,"date":"2018-05-21T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2018-05-21T09:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:29:47","slug":"als-patients-losing-time-and-hope-as-they-wait-for-insurers-to-cover-a-pricey-new-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10472","title":{"rendered":"ALS patients losing time and hope as they wait for insurers to cover a pricey new drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ed Silverman for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, Sarah Benoit has been getting around with the help of a walker, waiting for a medicine that\u2019s out of reach. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/pharmalot\/2018\/05\/21\/als-patients-insurers-new-drug\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91MjSZg0zuAOxGqZyUYea_hE2JX8b4rqZsQiurJeH0Sz3dcMEuDGRYeNVmq2KSUcGWO8TwRuajFo2YR-swHeCmGeK2HA&amp;_hsmi=63074972\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ed Silverman for STAT) For the past two years, Sarah Benoit has been getting around with the help of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472","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=10472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10473,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions\/10473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}