{"id":7314,"date":"2023-09-06T07:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2023-09-06T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:30:41","slug":"drug-prices-are-too-damn-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/09\/06\/drug-prices-are-too-damn-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Prices Are Too Damn High"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7314\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 It&#8217;s been a long road to Medicare price negotiation &#8230; and there&#8217;s still work to be done<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember the &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/10\/nyregion\/jimmy-mcmillan-rent-is-too-damn-high-candidate-is-retiring-from-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rent is Too Damn High Party<\/a> from the early 2000s, which starred New York City mayoral and gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan? While this single-issue campaign didn&#8217;t find electoral favor, it was attention-grabbing, even earning features on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NrOY3yKUH4k\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel and Saturday Night Liveopens in a new tab or window<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about the campaign&#8217;s message as the fever surrounding pharmaceutical pricing has spiked. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/prescriptionsforabrokensystem\/106164?xid=nl_secondopinion_2023-09-03&amp;eun=g2017571d0r\">Read the full story <\/a>in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7314\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading \u2014 It&#8217;s been a long road to Medicare price negotiation &#8230; and there&#8217;s still work to be done By N. 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