{"id":10984,"date":"2018-07-20T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10984"},"modified":"2018-07-20T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:50:13","slug":"hhs-opens-door-to-possibility-of-importing-some-drugs-to-drive-down-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10984","title":{"rendered":"HHS opens door to possibility of importing some drugs to drive down prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Erin Mershon for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration is opening up the door to importing prescription drugs \u2014 at least in a limited number of cases. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/07\/19\/with-a-new-working-group-hhs-opens-door-to-possibility-of-importing-some-drugs\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--zZeJFIneYuKT02_RaQDnI-ZBCUc8NuJuwh5-LE3vf5W9DISlEulM_wVdgHpWRwTyoXVaMp4ZjPDv_P5x4HI3Zuo3F_w&amp;_hsmi=64597882\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><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 class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Erin Mershon for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration is opening up the door to importing prescription drugs \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10984","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=10984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10985,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10984\/revisions\/10985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}