{"id":8573,"date":"2017-11-10T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8573"},"modified":"2017-11-10T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:55:14","slug":"pressure-builds-to-cut-medicare-patients-in-on-prescription-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8573","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Builds To Cut Medicare Patients In On Prescription Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Medicare enrollees, who have watched their out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs climb in recent years, might be in for a break.<\/p>\n

Federal officials are exploring how beneficiaries could get a share of certain behind-the-scenes fees and discounts negotiated by insurers and\u00a0pharmacy benefit managers<\/a>, or PBMs, who together administer Medicare\u2019s Part D drug program. Supporters say this could help enrollees by reducing the price tag of their prescription drugs and slow their approach to the coverage gap in the Part D program. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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