{"id":3453,"date":"2016-07-07T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2016-07-07T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:02:16","slug":"medical-marijuana-linked-to-modest-budget-benefits-for-medicare-part-d-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3453","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Linked To Modest Budget Benefits For Medicare Part D, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Prescription <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-do-we-deal-with-rising-drug-costs-1460340357\" target=\"_blank\">drug prices are up<\/a>, making policy experts increasingly anxious. But relief could come from a surprising source. Just ask Cheech and Chong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/content.healthaffairs.org\/content\/35\/7\/1230.abstract\" target=\"_blank\">New research<\/a> published Wednesday found that states that legalized medical marijuana \u2014\u00a0which is sometimes recommended for symptoms like chronic pain, anxiety or depression\u00a0\u2014\u00a0saw declines in the number of Medicare prescriptions for drugs used to treat those conditions and a dip in spending by Medicare Part D, which covers the cost on prescription medications. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/medical-marijuana-linked-to-modest-budget-benefits-for-medicare-part-d-study-finds\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31390044&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-95SzorQJgw2haSgXLJ2-ktZIt9IKbgLEX2wArrm5u64kqm9Ox69XW40qZnsPS2YT-GxqJ9KSl4JfWYB_s9BumTw50zxQ&amp;_hsmi=31390044\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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