{"id":246064,"date":"2024-08-17T07:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T11:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=246064"},"modified":"2024-08-17T07:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T11:42:37","slug":"you-know-these-10-pharma-drugs-are-very-dangerous-when-hhs-is-negotiating-lower-prices-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=246064","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>You know these 10 pharma drugs are VERY DANGEROUS when HHS is negotiating lower prices for them!<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/us-reaches-deal-cut-prices-10-medications\">READ HERE:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has successfully negotiated lower prices for 10 of the most expensive and widely used drugs covered under Medicare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time ever, Medicare negotiated directly with drug companies and the American people are better off for it,\u201d HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in an Aug. 15\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2024\/08\/15\/historic-first-biden-harris-administration-successfully-negotiates-medicare-drug-prices-delivers-promise-lower-prescription-drug-costs-american-seniors.html\">statement,<\/a>\u00a0adding that the new prices, set to take effect in 2026, are expected to save the Medicare program $6 billion in the first year and reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries by $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eliquis<\/strong>: A blood thinner used to reduce the risk of stroke, costing Medicare $16.5 billion, to be 56 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jardiance<\/strong>: A diabetes and heart failure medication, costing $7 billion, to be 66 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xarelto<\/strong>: Another blood thinner, costing $6 billion, to be 62 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Januvia<\/strong>: A diabetes drug, costing $4.1 billion, to be 79 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farxiga<\/strong>: Used for diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease, costing $3.3 billion, to be 68 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entresto<\/strong>: A heart failure drug, costing $2.9 billion, to be 53 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enbrel<\/strong>: Treats autoimmune conditions, costing $2.8 billion, to be 67 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Imbruvica<\/strong>: A leukemia treatment, costing $2.7 billion, to be 38 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stelara<\/strong>: Treats autoimmune diseases, costing $2.6 billion, to be 66 percent cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NovoLog, Fiasp (insulin aspart)<\/strong>: Insulin products, costing $2.6 billion, to be 76 percent cheaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}