{"id":17828,"date":"2021-03-15T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17828"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:15:43","slug":"over-the-counter-otc-medicines-play-an-essential-role-in-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17828","title":{"rendered":"Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines play an essential role in healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research indicates how essential over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are in keeping individuals healthy and lower healthcare spending. They found the \u201cavailability of OTC medicines provides $146 billion in value ($52 billion in drug cost savings and $95 billion in clinical visit cost savings) with each dollar spent on these products saving the healthcare system seven dollars. Likewise, OTC medical devices for treatment or testing generate $8 billion in potential savings by eliminating visits to a healthcare facility.\u201d Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/how-otc-medicines-supplemental-benefits-improve-care-cost\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/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>Research indicates how essential over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are in keeping individuals healthy and lower healthcare spending. They found the \u201cavailability<\/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-17828","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\/17828","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=17828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17829,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions\/17829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}