{"id":13247,"date":"2019-05-16T08:17:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13247"},"modified":"2019-05-16T08:17:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:17:49","slug":"in-washington-a-partisan-approach-to-lowering-drug-costs-leaves-democrats-doubting-their-own-party-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13247","title":{"rendered":"In Washington, a partisan approach to lowering drug costs leaves Democrats doubting their own party leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for STAT)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">W<\/span>ASHINGTON \u2014 Two top Democratic lawmakers are questioning Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s strategy to couple legislation to lower prescription drug costs with far more contentious Obamacare bills, saying the tactic nixes potential for a bipartisan win.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/05\/16\/democrats-politicize-drug-pricing\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=72741723&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-__RQJEScXzCYt4AG6b5QVOl9IVO3GCsJRKNfdq2aNokFPIeSjuVT-73-_S4WvbrkL3grx8DaTi_ykGSNeuHl50t5Pt-A&amp;_hsmi=72741723\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 Two top Democratic lawmakers are questioning Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s strategy to couple legislation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13247","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=13247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13248,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13247\/revisions\/13248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}