Purported White House Memo Lists Policy Priorities For Medicare, Medicaid

By John Wilkerson / October 20, 2017 at 6:16 PM
A purported leaked White House memo calls for 340B hospital drug discount reforms, Medicaid work requirements, increased federal funding of Medicaid mental health services, the end of mandatory CMS demonstrations, and additional so-called value-based demos on drugs and medical devices. The memo is a bare-bones wish list of policies across federal departments . The White House did not respond to a request to verify that the memo originated from the administration. One of the bullet points lists “serious 340B reform”...


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