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Colorado Limits Medicaid Coverage of Definitive Drug Testing
15 Oct 2025 22:23 GMT
… 10, 2025, Colorado Medicaid now limits coverage of definitive drug testing for adults … annual definitive drug tests that can be ordered for adult Colorado Medicaid beneficiaries … Savings
According to HCPF, Medicaid definitive drug testing costs the state more …
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The dangers and challenges of Upper Payment Limits (UPL)
16 Oct 2025 22:19 GMT
… limit (UPL) since Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) … patient access to vital medications
Concerns grow that policy … MFP to Medicaid but clearly chose not to. Now, Colorado is … patients who rely on these drugs, does nothing to lower …
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The No Kings Protest draws thousands in another huge turnout in Boise
18 Oct 2025 23:02 GMT
… recently moved to Idaho from Colorado. "I think it’s … is a long list— Medicare, Medicaid, social security, women’s health … .
RELATED | Trump touts arrests and drug seizures following summer crime crackdown …
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Why ER Wait Times Are So Out Of Control — And How To Fix Them
18 Oct 2025 20:14 GMT
A Colorado woman bled on the … emergency department visits decreased with Medicaid enrollees. Mental health services were … federal programs like the 340B Drug Pricing Program actually “encourage … we need to seriously overhaul Medicaid.
“The problem here is …
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Visualized: The World’s Strongest Animals
18 Oct 2025 19:30 GMT
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… from pharmaceutical companies for opioid medications, which contributed to more … may favor medication-based pain management over non-drug therapies, increasing … and New York also expanded Medicaid coverage for non-opioid …
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Fifteen Governors Create New Public Health Alliance
18 Oct 2025 00:37 GMT
… Democratic states and territories comprises Colorado, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, … science for conspiracy theories, slashes Medicaid, and undermines vaccine integrity, states … Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, both under the …
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New Report Sharpens Doubt About Medicare Advantage As Open Enrollment Begins
16 Oct 2025 14:20 GMT
… specialist referrals, prescribing certain drugs, tests and procedures, and … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also been … use of high-risk medications among seniors. Privatization … Utah, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Colorado, New Hampshire, Maine and …
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Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
16 Oct 2025 12:57 GMT
… at the Food and Drug Administration to limit approvals … one in five kids, off Medicaid. Where health insurance goes, … Most of those that did — Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon, and Utah among … every drink, this and that medication prescribed off-label — slowly …
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Cost and access are barriers to broader GLP-1 use, but experts say there are solutions
15 Oct 2025 23:41 GMT
… adults prescribed a GLP-1 drug increased from 0.9% … expensive compounded versions of the drugs. Even at half the … professor at the University of Colorado Law School, said more empirical … GLP-1 medications.
KFF data showed two-thirds of state Medicaid programs …
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Leads To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Opioid Prescriptions, Another Study Shows
15 Oct 2025 19:16 GMT
… Georgia and University of Colorado analyzed prescription claims … found that, among drug users who experience chronic … substitute for other pain medications, including opioids.
Other … paper that analyzed Medicaid data on prescription drugs, meanwhile, found …