{"id":12903,"date":"2019-03-22T09:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12903"},"modified":"2019-03-22T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:06:33","slug":"it-will-take-more-than-transparency-to-reduce-drug-prices-economists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12903","title":{"rendered":"It Will Take More Than Transparency To Reduce Drug Prices, Economists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alison Kodjak for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>A new drug to treat postpartum depression is likely to reach the U.S. market in June, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/03\/21\/705545014\/new-postpartum-depression-drug-could-be-hard-to-access-for-moms-most-in-need\">$34,000 price tag<\/a>. The approval of the drug by the Food and Drug Administration comes on the heels of another approval, just two weeks ago, of a different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/03\/05\/700509903\/fda-clears-esketamine-nasal-spray-for-hard-to-treat-depression\">antidepressant<\/a>, whose retail price will be as much as $6,700 a month.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/03\/22\/705469296\/it-will-take-more-than-transparency-to-reduce-drug-prices-economists-say?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=71033369&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_-Ks7qsWnkRC0JLZwZlKqyYVp9n9JP9MpwYXkaxFZCpQseWkOjbzZVfY5nT0ZS_DbzWt9fMVIZcHK37kzQLzHyX9KGoA&amp;_hsmi=71033369\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/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>(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) A new drug to treat postpartum depression is likely to reach the U.S. market in<\/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-12903","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\/12903","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=12903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12904,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions\/12904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}