A Legislative History of the Medicaid… : DASH Story 2015-08-12
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I'm a retired Alabama Medicaid Analyst and Alabama State Policy Chair for the American Association of University Women (AAUW, founded in 1881). I'm doing research to meet with Alabama Legislators before their next (!) special session in an effort to help them understand growing costs of Medicaid. Our State Legislature completed it's regular session and one special session without a budget that fully funds Medicaid. Because Medicaid is complicated and our State Legislature is filled with young tea party mentality republicans, I hope to give them an overview of why the Medicaid budget is costly so they will perhaps abandon their cries "cut the fat" "entitlement programs are out of control" and see the Alabama Medicaid Program for the effective we'll run program it is. Since Pharmacy is one of the most costly programs I need to give them some background on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Law and from the title of this article I'm hoping that I'll find the facts to explain the Pryor Bill, which was the beginning of that program. Thank you for making this article available to me!
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