Obama Floats Drug Pricing Plan, Sweetens Medicaid Expansion Deal; States Weigh Moves

The White House laid out as part of its 2017 budget request ways to lower prescription drug costs for state Medicaid programs, coming as the program plays into election-year politics and becomes embroiled in the drug pricing debate. The White House this week also tried to entice the remaining Medicaid non-expansion states to expand their programs by officially requesting that Congress extend the expired federal funding match to those states if they move forward. Also hot issues for Medicaid stakeholders...