{"id":6829,"date":"2017-05-22T08:19:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2017-05-22T08:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:19:57","slug":"new-york-state-wants-its-prescription-drug-money-back-or-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6829","title":{"rendered":"New York State Wants Its Prescription Drug Money Back \u2014 Or Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"background: #ffffff; color: #003b79; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; border-bottom-color: #cecece; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/legislation.nysenate.gov\/pdf\/bills\/2017\/S2007B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Medicaid regulators<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>aim to use the threat of imposing increased scrutiny of prescription drugs \u2014 such as eyeing their relative effectiveness and their profit margins \u2014 to coax additional discounts from drugmakers.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/new-york-state-wants-its-prescription-drug-money-back-or-else\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=52207179&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--N7-tz1zK_C4EUjloUkVaPybpi1yTeI3e2FmhgRXmY5fi3hmVwtsyp57WHQwYX1WCBeyy9STyNHNCk5x5hDuKvNqpkSA&amp;_hsmi=52207179\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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