{"id":15082,"date":"2020-01-28T07:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15082"},"modified":"2020-01-28T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:56:15","slug":"its-the-insulin-stupid-how-drug-pricings-simplest-case-study-became-a-top-issue-for-2020-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15082","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the insulin, stupid: How drug pricing\u2019s simplest case study became a top issue for 2020 Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>WATERLOO, Iowa \u2014 Presidential candidates can\u2019t stop talking about insulin.<\/p>\n<p>At a campaign stop here on Sunday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar retold the now-familiar story of Alec Smith, whose highly publicized\u00a0death from insulin rationing\u00a0in 2017 sparked nationwide outrage. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has vowed to lower the drug\u2019s price on her first day in office, lambasted Eli Lilly, one of just three U.S. insulin manufacturers, at an Iowa rally the day before. And since July, when Sen. Bernie Sanders joined a highly publicized \u201cinsulin caravan\u201d\u00a0seeking cheaper prices in Canada, he has flooded this state with television ads that picture him brandishing an insulin vial in outrage.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2020\/01\/28\/insulin-pricing-becomes-top-issue-for-democrats\/\">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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> 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) WATERLOO, Iowa \u2014 Presidential candidates can\u2019t stop talking about insulin. At a campaign stop here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,17,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-healthcare-issues","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082","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=15082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15084,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions\/15084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}