{"id":18434,"date":"2021-07-06T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18434"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:00:33","slug":"july-price-hikes-have-been-announced-for-32-brand-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18434","title":{"rendered":"July price hikes have been announced for 32 brand drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to GoodRx, price hikes by pharmaceutical manufacturers are averaging 3.6 percent for the month of July. \u00a0with the recent announcement of \u00a032 brand drugs Tori Marsh, director of research says \u201cevery year, it seems like more drugs increase in July with Flintepla, an antiepileptic drug, leading the pack with a 9.5 percent increase bringing the list price to $96,000 per year.\u00a0 Rising drug prices continue to hit seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D, they will face high yearly out-of-pocket costs for some expensive specialty medications, which can total upward of $10,000. Read articled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/rising-drug-prices-continue-to-hit-seniors-11625251382\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11925\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs.jpg 700w\" 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>According to GoodRx, price hikes by pharmaceutical manufacturers are averaging 3.6 percent for the month of July. \u00a0with the recent<\/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-18434","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\/18434","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=18434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18435,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions\/18435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}