{"id":12994,"date":"2019-04-08T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12994"},"modified":"2019-04-08T08:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:00:34","slug":"this-week-five-pharmacy-middlemen-head-to-capitol-hills-hot-seat-some-of-them-have-an-easier-defense-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12994","title":{"rendered":"This week, five pharmacy \u2018middlemen\u2019 head to Capitol Hill\u2019s hot seat. Some of them have an easier defense than others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nicholas Florko for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">W<\/span>ASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump has blasted them as \u201cmiddlemen,\u201d known for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/06\/01\/mergers-health-insurers-pharmacy-benefit-managers\/\">\u201cdishonest double dealing.\u201d<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup> Key Democrats decry the industry as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/08\/22\/pbms-trump-enemy-solution\/\">\u201cblack box\u201d<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup> under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/ranking-members-news\/wyden-calls-for-increased-drug-pricing-transparency-to-lower-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cveil of secrecy.\u201d<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup> Pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists and doctors incessantly pummel them, in ads and in testimony, as the key culprits behind the nation\u2019s rising drug prices.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/04\/08\/pharma-middlemen-head-to-capitol-hill\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=71532034&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8YrOrrTKHSiKP6e0WRrg3WxWgQ8ZRWKHMB4_epnJe7lzUTQuB6ETbF590jxOGqTyhUuHPOQCaJ0_5cWYmVeLRUTVdbKA&amp;_hsmi=71532034\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><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 President Trump has blasted them as \u201cmiddlemen,\u201d known for their \u201cdishonest double dealing.\u201d1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994","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=12994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12995,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions\/12995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}