{"id":11547,"date":"2018-09-20T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11547"},"modified":"2018-09-19T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:34:42","slug":"senate-passes-bill-to-ban-gag-clauses-and-free-pharmacists-to-discuss-drug-pricing-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11547","title":{"rendered":"Senate passes bill to ban \u2018gag clauses\u2019 and free pharmacists to discuss drug pricing options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nicholas Florko for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would let pharmacists inform consumers when it\u2019s cheaper to buy a drug without insurance, as lawmakers inched closer to delivering the Trump administration a win \u2014 albeit a small one \u2014 in the effort to lower drug prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/09\/17\/senate-passes-bill-to-ban-gag-clauses-and-free-pharmacists-to-discuss-drug-pricing-options\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=66037501&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-96iILk9fcs5JnuoBz1vA1bhXZ8NlWOBTvw1hOnbhcCBPNVtk4h5drHiRQlyyVgVdrAUHnYIz2BVSDMRRJLCLHRnVEJRQ&amp;_hsmi=66037501\">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 Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would let pharmacists inform<\/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-11547","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\/11547","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=11547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11548,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11547\/revisions\/11548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}