{"id":11906,"date":"2018-11-02T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T13:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2018-11-02T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T13:20:48","slug":"majority-of-medicare-beneficiaries-want-caps-on-drug-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11906","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Medicare beneficiaries want caps on drug costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">According to survey results from eHealth, 83 percent of Medicare beneficiaries believe the best way to ensure the future of the program is to place limits on prescription drug costs. As the Medicare annual enrollment period overlaps with the midterm elections, their concerns may impact their vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcarefinancenews.com\/news\/83-percent-medicare-beneficiaries-want-caps-drug-costs-secure-medicares-future\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_79028023seniors-older-group-aging-700x467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8395\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_79028023seniors-older-group-aging-700x467-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_79028023seniors-older-group-aging-700x467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_79028023seniors-older-group-aging-700x467.jpg 700w\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to survey results from eHealth, 83 percent of Medicare beneficiaries believe the best way to ensure the future of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20,6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906","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=11906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11907,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906\/revisions\/11907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}