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BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals is asking for federal approval to join with two other states to form a buying pool in an effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the poor, uninsured and elderly.
The state would form a consortium with Maryland and West Virginia under the proposal going to the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Fred Cerise said. Efforts will continue to increase the number of states participating in the pool, he said. CMS oversees both government health insurance programs and must approve changes states want to make.See the full content of this document
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La., W.Va., Md. Seek Drug Pool Ok
The Medicaid prescription drug program is projected to cost taxp...
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