{"id":11480,"date":"2018-09-13T10:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T14:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11480"},"modified":"2018-09-13T10:24:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T14:24:17","slug":"insurer-to-purdue-pharma-we-wont-pay-for-oxycontin-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11480","title":{"rendered":"Insurer To Purdue Pharma: We Won\u2019t Pay For OxyContin Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio in partnership that includes, NPR and Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

The largest insurer in Tennessee has announced it will no longer cover prescriptions for what was once a blockbuster pain reliever. It\u2019s the latest insurance company to turn against OxyContin, whose maker, Purdue Pharma, faces dozens of lawsuits related to its high-pressure sales tactics around the country and contribution to the opioid crisis. Last fall,\u00a0Cigna\u00a0and\u00a0Florida Blue\u00a0both dropped coverage of the drug. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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