{"id":13787,"date":"2019-08-09T09:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13787"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:31:30","slug":"presidential-candidates-arent-talking-about-drug-shortages-they-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13787","title":{"rendered":"Presidential candidates aren\u2019t talking about drug shortages. They should be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patrick Skerrett for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>In the conclusion of her recently published book, \u201cBottle of Lies,\u201d Katherine Eban briefly notes that the Food and Drug Administration avoids sanctioning generic manufacturers that sell drugs that are in short supply regardless of how poorly manufactured or counterfeit they are. \u201cDrug shortages had become a game,\u201d she writes, \u201cand the FDA was getting played.\u201d Eban quotes an assessment by former FDA inspector Peter Baker: \u201cThere are no consequences for companies that are shipping substandard product. \u2026 It\u2019s a win-lose situation and [patients] are the losers.\u201d\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/08\/09\/drug-shortages-presidential-candidates-policy\/\">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 Patrick Skerrett for STAT) In the conclusion of her recently published book, \u201cBottle of Lies,\u201d Katherine Eban briefly notes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,31,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-healthcare-issues","category-fda","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787","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=13787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13788,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions\/13788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}