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Commonwealth Fund Report Highlights Concerns With Proposed Medicare Cuts In 'Big Beautiful Bill'
19 Jun 2025 05:58 GMT
… overall health system performance. Only Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Mississippi were … the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services that would ease barriers … Wednesday that has implications for medication gender affirming care ...
CHARLESTON – West …
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Healthcare Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - June 2025 #2
19 Jun 2025 03:58 GMT
… indicated that the MFN-priced drugs should be made available directly … therapy treatments.
Source: InsideHealthPolicy.
Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)
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Medicare Part D
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State Law Developments
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Congressman Westerman visits South Arkansas, talks 'Big Beautiful Bill,' taxes and healthcare
17 Jun 2025 17:24 GMT
… support of border enforcement and drug smuggling prevention. “We don… of fentanyl and other drugs coming across the southern … reimbursement rate from Medicare to providers in Arkansas is lower than … more parity into that Medicare reimbursement rate, which I …
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Third federal lawsuit challenges Arkansas’ restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers
10 Jun 2025 14:45 GMT
… permit to operate a drug store in Arkansas after Jan. 1, 2026 … what drugstores pay wholesalers for drugs, independent pharmacists and the department … affect employee health plans and Medicare coverage.
All three suits take …
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Drug maker sues over new North Dakota pharmaceutical law
10 Jun 2025 12:28 GMT
… in federal Medicaid and Medicare programs.
In legislative hearings … the discounted medications at full price. Barring drug manufacturers from … reason drug companies are reluctant to sell discounted drugs to … in 2024 upheld an Arkansas law similar to House …
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PBMs Sue Arkansas Over Restrictive PBM Ownership Law
09 Jun 2025 23:47 GMT
… the cost of prescription drugs by millions of dollars … Arkansans access to “lifesaving drugs at affordable prices.”
… design, and the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act … structure and ownership. The Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin …
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Lawmakers eye cheaper GLP-1 medications
09 Jun 2025 06:42 GMT
… from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to … medications.
“Our legislation will drastically reduce spending on these drugs … including a proposal in Arkansas requiring GLP-1s to … on GLP-1 drugs — before partial rebates from drug manufacturers — …
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CVS, Express Scripts Sue to Overturn Arkansas Law Banning PBMs From Owning Pharmacies
30 May 2025 21:00 GMT
… for independent pharmacies has been Arkansas Act 624, legislation that advocates … designed to lower drug prices and increase access to medications, it will … Necessary for Access to Medicare Part D Drugs
Don’t get left …
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Arkansas Advocate: Two federal lawsuits challenge Arkansas anti-PBM law
30 May 2025 17:09 GMT
… employee health plans and Medicare coverage.
The suits filed … manage 79% of prescription drug claims for approximately 270 … deny access to lifesaving drugs at affordable prices by … continue receiving medications while PBMs transition out of Arkansas.
Attorney …
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CVS, Cigna sue Arkansas to overturn new PBM law
30 May 2025 15:26 GMT
… alleges.
Arkansas’ law also seeks to regulate Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans … their future pharmacy operations in Arkansas, other states considering similar … lawmakers scramble to make prescription drugs more affordable for U.S …