{"id":6180,"date":"2017-03-18T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2017-03-17T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:38:05","slug":"one-way-to-force-down-drug-prices-have-the-u-s-exercise-its-patent-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6180","title":{"rendered":"One Way To Force Down Drug Prices: Have The U.S. Exercise Its Patent Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alison Kodjak for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Rising <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/03\/29\/471867695\/physician-group-calls-on-government-to-rein-in-drug-prices\">drug prices<\/a> are one of the biggest challenges in health care in the United States. More people are using prescription drugs on a regular basis, and the costs of specialty drugs are rising faster than inflation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/03\/16\/520390026\/one-way-to-force-down-drug-prices-have-the-u-s-exercise-its-patent-rights?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=46528151&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9bj_F_mgfZorbhzz5uHhTHJCOOqKsOdTXB4q4pS9s9N2cXwqpTM27G89Qgc4oTzNFk0mWWmTawPBKXe_qSNFzzkiqt9A&amp;_hsmi=46528151\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Rising drug prices are one of the biggest challenges in health care in the United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180","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=6180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6181,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180\/revisions\/6181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}