Medicaid Block Grants: Allowing More State Flexibility To Limit Rx Coverage?
Executive Summary
Medicaid block grant funding mechanism, which could allow states to bypass coverage requirements in the Medicaid drug rebate program, surfaces in House American Health Care Act.
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