Archive for December, 2019

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Coverage of Over-the-Counter Drugs in Medicaid
Abigail Coursolle and Elizabeth McCaman Fact Sheet
Drug coverage is an important facet of the Medicaid program. Although it is an optional benefit, all states cover outpatient prescription drugs in their Medicaid programs. States have significantly more leeway, however, in whether they cover over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. In the last twenty years, more drugs that were once…
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June Medical Services v. Gee, U.S. Supreme Court
Jane Perkins, Abigail Coursolle, and Sarah Somers Cases
The National Health Law Programand our partners filed a joint amicus brief in the June Medical Services v. Gee Supreme Court case, arguing that the Louisiana law requiring physicians who provide abortion services to have hospital admitting privileges would effectively cut off access to care for people struggling to…
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Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart
Sarah Grusin Presentation, Fact Sheet, Regulations and Laws
Sec. 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of HHS to waive some requirements of the Medicaid Act so that states can test novel approaches to improving medical assistance for low-income people. While historically states have proposed waivers that did indeed propose innovative approaches to improve Medicaid…
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