{"id":9452,"date":"2018-02-02T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9452"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:25:10","slug":"physicians-ethicists-urge-congress-not-to-pass-right-to-try-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9452","title":{"rendered":"Physicians, ethicists urge Congress not to pass \u2018right-to-try\u2019 legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ike Swetlitz for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to allow Americans with life-threatening conditions access to unapproved, experimental drugs risks harming patients\u2019 health. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/02\/01\/physicians-ethicists-congress-right-to-try\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9YeR6EH9pU8LyDxywhrvAuQqu-Xam8uXpaPk-0xgjwMeioeBaeNiUAngrca85ZEz_PpSQjUffg6re8r1pK0tkrKdxCnQ&amp;_hsmi=60404372\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fda","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452","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=9452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9453,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452\/revisions\/9453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}