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Final Reading: Service providers are wary of looming changes to Vermont’s case management structure
18 Apr 2024 23:14 GMT
… — such as therapy, medication and home care, among others … Vermont has been negotiating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid … funded through settlements with drug companies.
The bill … clean syringes and paraphernalia, drug testing and naloxone.
The …
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Why doesn’t Medicare cover drugs like Ozempic for weight loss?
16 Apr 2024 00:52 GMT
… prescription drug coverage, will now cover the weight-loss medication Wegovy … drugs.
This ban is a stronger version of 1990 Medicaid … coverage of anti-obesity medications to patients, and found …
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has criticized the high cost …
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Why Would the Feds Tamper With the One Part of Medicaid That Works Well?
09 Apr 2024 22:22 GMT
… and wholesalers.
Especially for expensive drugs still under patent and less … poor Americans get the medications they need at a cost … net effect would be lower Medicaid drug costs. In theory, that… and former governor of Vermont.
The views expressed in this …
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Rep. Caraveo and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra discuss healthcare and drug prescription affordability in Commerce City
04 Apr 2024 17:36 GMT
… drug law, which aims to bring financial relief to people on Medicaid … Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, to push for affordable prescription drugs such … what is a life saving medication, especially in a very … have access to this medication means that somebody doesn’ …
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Ozempic maker fires back at Bernie Sanders over claim that the weight loss drug company 'ripped off' Americans
03 Apr 2024 18:36 GMT
… the stark contrast in drug prices, stating that Novo … in the world for prescription drugs, including Ozempic," … , Sanders claimed Medicare and Medicaid will pay "enormous … Paris, shows the anti-diabetic medication "Ozempic" (semaglutide) …
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Bernie Sanders Sits Down With Seven Days to Talk About Aging Vermont
03 Apr 2024 18:41 GMT
… most influential members of Congress. Vermont's senior senator now … for our yearlong series on Vermont's aging population. … in the world for prescription drugs, and often for products … cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and give tax breaks to …
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Variability in Payment Rates for Abortion Services Under Medicaid
28 Mar 2024 22:17 GMT
… researchers reviewed Medicaid physician fee schedules for medication and procedural … medication abortion accounted for 63% of all abortions. The two-drug … low of $49 in Vermont to a high of … for medication abortion, the rates for the two drugs range …
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SUD Treatment in Medicaid: Variation by Service Type, Demographics, States and Spending
28 Mar 2024 19:36 GMT
… Drug Use and Health, shows that 18% of Medicaid … made in increasing OUD medication rates within Medicaid. However, a … . Connecticut, Delaware and Vermont stand out for higher … involving alcohol or illicit drugs. Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine, …
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Final Reading: Republicans criticize new tax proposals in Vermont House
27 Mar 2024 23:43 GMT
… on a successful insurance program — Vermont Medicaid — so our most vulnerable young … Care Board authority over prescription drug prices.
The bill, S.98 … regulate the cost of prescription drugs in Vermont.” The bill would create …
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Ozempic, the $1,000 diabetes drug, can be made for less than $5 a month: study
28 Mar 2024 02:39 GMT
… findings came out. The Vermont independent called on Novo … margin is immense,” on drugs like Ozempic, said Melissa … of producing diabetes drugs, including GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, … Medicaid offices are seeing growing bills for Ozempic and its sister drug …