{"id":11307,"date":"2018-08-27T08:39:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11307"},"modified":"2018-08-27T08:39:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:39:49","slug":"imagine-there-are-no-pbms-its-easy-if-you-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11307","title":{"rendered":"Imagine there are no PBMs. It\u2019s easy if you try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sally Welborn and Pramod John for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">Americans are divided on many fronts: tariffs, building walls, and how to fix our broken health care system are just a few of them. One front that many seem to agree on is the replacement of outdated health care institutions, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/08\/22\/pbms-trump-enemy-solution\/\">pharmacy benefit managers<\/a>, which cause market inefficiencies that result in skyrocketing medication costs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/08\/23\/pbms-rebates-drug-purchasing\/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=8dbcd8308e-First_Opinion&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-8dbcd8308e-150717021\">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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sally Welborn and Pramod John for STAT) Americans are divided on many fronts: tariffs, building walls, and how to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11307","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=11307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11308,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11307\/revisions\/11308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}