Medicaid Reform Must Decrease Drug Prices For States – HHS Secretary
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
States should pay "the same low rate" for drugs as pharmacies and Medicare, Secretary Leavitt says. Reforms could save the federal government $15 bil. and the states $11 bil. over the next 10 years; details will be outlined in the President's forthcoming fiscal year 2006 budget request.
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