{"id":8941,"date":"2017-12-14T09:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8941"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:56:28","slug":"americans-may-be-overpaying-for-as-much-as-one-in-every-10-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8941","title":{"rendered":"Americans may be overpaying for as much as one in every 10 prescriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a New York Times\/ProPublica report, it found Americans may be overpaying for as much as one in every 10 prescriptions by using their insurance instead of seeking out an alternate source and paying cash. The report cites Michael Rea, chief executive of Rx Savings Solutions saying: \u201cThere aren\u2019t any national statistics to indicate just how often this becomes a problem\u2026\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/2017\/12\/12\/insurance-not-always-the-best-deal-for-prescriptio?kw=Insurance%20not%20always%20the%20best%20deal%20for%20prescription%20drugs&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=BenefitsPRO&amp;cn=20171213&amp;src=EMC-Email_editorial&amp;pt=Benefits%20Broker%20PRO\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.jpg 700w\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a New York Times\/ProPublica report, it found Americans may be overpaying for as much as one in every<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8941","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=8941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8942,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8941\/revisions\/8942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}