{"id":22940,"date":"2024-06-11T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22940"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:13:11","slug":"biden-plan-to-save-medicare-patients-money-on-drugs-risks-empty-shelves-pharmacists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22940","title":{"rendered":"Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists say they\u2019re struggling to afford to keep some prescription drugs in stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would not matter if the governor himself walked in and said, \u2018I need to get this prescription filled,\u2019\u201d said Clint Hopkins, a pharmacist and co-owner of Pucci\u2019s Pharmacy in Sacramento, California. \u201cIf I\u2019m losing money on it, it\u2019s a no.\u201d Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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