{"id":4773,"date":"2016-10-20T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T12:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2016-10-20T08:39:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T12:39:20","slug":"west-virginia-grapples-with-high-drug-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4773","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Grapples With High Drug Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kara Lofton, West Virginia Public Broadcasting published by Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Skyrocketing prices for essential medicines, like the EpiPen, are generating public outcry, congressional hearings and political promises for policy fixes. In the meantime, the increases continue to hit pocketbooks \u2014 even of people who don\u2019t rely on these expensive drugs. 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