{"id":19515,"date":"2022-02-16T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19515"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:17:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:17:49","slug":"copay-coupons-are-exacerbating-drug-price-inflation-economists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19515","title":{"rendered":"Copay coupons are exacerbating drug price inflation, economists say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Katie Adams for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drug copay coupons offer patients savings on prescriptions, but they significantly increase amounts paid by insurers and employers, according to a study published by National Bureau of Economic Research.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/pharmacy\/copay-coupons-are-exacerbating-drug-price-inflation-economists-say.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/pharmacy\/copay-coupons-are-exacerbating-drug-price-inflation-economists-say.html\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"wp-image-10021\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg 2121w, 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: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katie Adams for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Drug copay coupons offer patients savings on prescriptions, but they significantly increase amounts<\/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-19515","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\/19515","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=19515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19516,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19515\/revisions\/19516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}