{"id":4654,"date":"2016-10-11T08:48:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T12:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2016-10-11T08:48:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T12:48:52","slug":"this-federal-drug-discount-program-is-actually-boosting-cancer-care-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4654","title":{"rendered":"This federal drug discount program is actually boosting cancer care costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Debra Patt for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">G<\/span>iven its name, you\u2019d expect the federal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/opa\/340b-drug-pricing-program.html\" target=\"_blank\">340B Drug Discount Program<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup> to save money for the American health system. When it comes to cancer, though, it\u2019s actually a major driver increasing costs, according to a report from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityoncology.org\/pdfs\/BRG_COA_340B-Report_9-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Community Oncology Alliance<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/10\/07\/cancer-drug-discount-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Debra Patt for STAT) Given its name, you\u2019d expect the federal 340B Drug Discount Program1 to save money for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4654","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=4654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4655,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4654\/revisions\/4655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}