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MHPA
Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), the leading association representing managed Medicaid plans, welcomes new leaders to its board of directors and management team to position the organization and industry for upcoming advocacy efforts. Kelly Munson, executive vice president of Medicaid, WellCare Health Plans, will head MHPA's board of directors, joined by other seasoned professionals on the board's new executive team.
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Financial Times
A pharma executive has defended his decision to raise the price of an antibiotic mixture to more than $2,000 a bottle, arguing there was a "moral requirement to sell the product at the highest price." Last month, Nostrum Laboratories, a small Missouri-based drugmaker, more than quadrupled the price of a bottle of nitrofurantoin from $474.75 to $2,392, according to Elsevier's Gold Standard drug database.
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NPR
States serve as "laboratories of democracy," as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said. And states are also labs for health policy, launching all kinds of experiments lately to temper spending on pharmaceuticals. No wonder. Drugs are one of the fastest rising health care costs for many consumers and are a key reason health care spending dominates many state budgets — crowding out roads, schools and other priorities.
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The Hill
Nutrition experts and lawmakers came together on Wednesday to discuss new government dietary guidelines, which they said would boost infant and early child nutrition, at an event hosted by The Hill at Washington, D.C.'s Newseum. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief on nutrition touted the importance of "science-based" guidelines for child nutrition.
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Arkansas Times
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson called in the press today to defend his work rule for Medicaid and to say, essentially, that loss of coverage was on those who lost it, not the state. He issued a news release detailing the efforts the state had made to reach out to people required to report work to continue health coverage under the Medicaid expansion.
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The Associated Press via Bangor Daily News
Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he'll continue denying applications under a voter-approved Medicaid expansion until lawmakers provide funding under his terms. Pro-Medicaid expansion advocates who are suing to force Maine to roll out voter-approved Medicaid expansion have encouraged Mainers to apply for Medicaid expansion this summer. But LePage said the plan is to deny those applications "until they're funded."
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Post Register
The Idaho Sheriffs' Association has come out in favor of Medicaid expansion, the latest major group to take a stand on the measure. Idaho voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to support expanding the state's Medicaid program to cover everyone making up to 138 percent of the poverty level. The sheriffs voted Wednesday to back the proposal.
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The Associated Press
Nebraska's highest court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that would have stripped a Medicaid expansion proposal off the November ballot, clearing the way for voters to decide a measure that has been repeatedly rejected by the Republican-dominated legislature. The Nebraska Supreme Court's rejection of a GOP-led lawsuit was a victory for advocates who say the measure would help an estimated 90,000 low-income residents get covered under the Affordable Care Act.
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MHPA via YouTube
Watch this short recap of MHPA17 to get a feel of the excitement, energy, and content of MHPA's annual conference.
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