{"id":21296,"date":"2023-05-25T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T11:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21296"},"modified":"2023-05-25T07:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T11:49:46","slug":"this-panel-will-decide-whose-medicine-to-make-affordable-its-choice-will-be-tricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21296","title":{"rendered":"This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine Reitzel\u2019s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely die within days without her monthly $300 vial of insulin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At best, a Colorado panel of medical and pharmacy experts seeking to cut the costs of expensive drugs will be able to help only one of them.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/this-panel-will-decide-whose-medicine-to-make-affordable-its-choice-will-be-tricky\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/this-panel-will-decide-whose-medicine-to-make-affordable-its-choice-will-be-tricky\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF \u2014 the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News) Catherine Reitzel\u2019s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,15],"tags":[653,346,385],"class_list":["post-21296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-affordable-medicine","tag-drug-pricing","tag-healthcare-costs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21296","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=21296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21297,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21296\/revisions\/21297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}