AMA House of Delegates
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Will consider a proposed resolution suggesting Medicaid coverage of OTC drugs at the group's June 13-17 meeting in Chicago. The resolution, submitted by the American Medical Association's student section, urges the association to "study possible changes in Medicaid coverage policy such that Medicaid pay for OTC drugs when, by a consensus of current medical knowledge, those drugs are deemed the drug of choice for a given diagnosis or illness." The resolution notes that some state Medicaid programs do not cover certain OTC products, putting physicians "in a situation wherein they must prescribe an alternative medication which is often less efficacious, more toxic and more expensive to Medicaid".