Medicaid Law Changes Needed For Pay Over Time In Commercial Market

By John Wilkerson / July 10, 2019 at 11:08 AM
Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wants to improve poor people’s access to breakthrough drugs by letting state Medicaid programs pay over time for expensive drugs, but sources say the primary goal of changing Medicaid law is to make it easier to use installment payments in the commercial market. Among the many measures under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee is a policy to let states pay for expensive drugs over time, Grassley said. Medicaid must cover drugs if...


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