{"id":11468,"date":"2018-09-12T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T15:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2018-09-12T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T15:51:46","slug":"whats-in-whats-out-and-whats-still-on-the-table-as-the-senate-is-poised-to-vote-on-an-opioids-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11468","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in, what\u2019s out, and what\u2019s still on the table as the Senate is poised to vote on an opioids package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate will vote this week on a bill to prevent illicit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/09\/29\/why-fentanyl-is-deadlier-than-heroin\/\">fentanyl<\/a>\u00a0trafficking, account for drug diversion in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/04\/24\/dea-prescription-drugs-draws-skepticism\/\">opioid manufacturing quotas<\/a>, and improve access to addiction treatments via telemedicine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/09\/12\/senate-opioid-bill-contents\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=65861300&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--W3pv5JjxDTiGqJ9wiHuSEmop0rEeu8iYLviNOA4nc35Yuqaoe6QTWMjaiSrdik67cR95WxfIXMlsYJGupn4oKU8UhxQ&amp;_hsmi=65861300\">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 Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate will vote this week on a bill to prevent illicit\u00a0fentanyl\u00a0trafficking, account<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468","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=11468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11469,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468\/revisions\/11469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}