{"id":2404,"date":"2016-03-28T09:48:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T13:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2016-03-28T09:48:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T13:48:38","slug":"pharmaceutical-company-has-hiked-price-on-aid-in-dying-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Pharmaceutical Company Has Hiked Price On Aid-In-Dying Drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">(By April Dembosky, KQED for Kaiser Health News)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When California\u2019s<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/stateofhealth\/2015\/10\/05\/governor-brown-signs-physician-assisted-suicide-bill-into-law-california-right-to-die\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0aid-in-dying law<\/a>\u00a0takes effect this June, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/californiahealthline.org\/news\/for-terminally-ill-in-california-end-of-suffering-is-now-in-sight\/\" target=\"_blank\">terminally ill patients who decide to end their lives<\/a> could be faced with a hefty bill for the lethal medication. It retails for more than $3,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the company that makes the drug most commonly prescribed by physicians to aid patients who want to end their lives, doubled\u00a0the drug\u2019s\u00a0price last year, one month after California lawmakers\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/stateofhealth\/2015\/01\/22\/california-bill-would-allow-terminally-ill-to-end-their-own-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">proposed legalizing the practice<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s just pharmaceutical company greed,\u201d said David Grube, a retired a family doctor in Oregon, where physician-assisted death has been legal for 20 years.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/pharmaceutical-company-has-hiked-price-on-aid-in-dying-drug\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=27731764&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_EUzlmCn9194Arn44dLK3VG9vz5LbEXVUnnTtcZDjs1-sgjAX40EbEiMcx1yT_GSr1P9j1VgSFdIapF2RIFNFIsTft6w&amp;_hsmi=27731764\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. 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