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Targeting ER Medicaid costs tricky for Illinois
BusinessWeek He visited hospital emergency rooms four times since January, for a broken wrist, asthma problems and high blood pressure. If Illinois policymakers could get him to seek care at a clinic instead of the ER, the Medicaid program might save money. |
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Targeting ER Medicaid costs tricky for Illinois
CBS News He visited hospital emergency rooms four times since January, for a broken wrist, asthma problems and high blood pressure. If Illinois policymakers could get him to seek care at a clinic instead of the ER, the Medicaid program might save money. |
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Targeting ER Medicaid costs tricky for state
Beaumont Enterprise Smith, a 45-year-old Chicago gospel musician, visited hospital emergency rooms four times since January, seeking relief after a broken wrist, complaining of asthma and worried about his high blood pressure. He gets his health care at the clinic near … |
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Medicaid drugs become target for cuts
Galesburg Register-Mail Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, and the cost per prescription ranges from $1 for aspirin to $1600 for an HIV drug. So, for lawmakers trying to figure out how to meet Gov. Pat Quinn's goal of cutting … Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … |
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Cutting Medicaid drug spending not a simple task
The State Journal-Register Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, and the cost per prescription ranges from $1 for aspirin to $1600 for an HIV drug. So, for lawmakers trying to figure out how to meet Gov. Pat Quinn's goal of cutting … Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … |
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Medicaid drugs become target for cuts in Illinois
Peoria Journal Star Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, and the cost per prescription ranges from $1 for aspirin to $1600 for an HIV drug. So, for lawmakers trying to figure out how to meet Gov. Pat Quinn's goal of cutting … Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … |
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Medicaid drugs become target for Illinois' cuts
Rockford Register Star Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, and the cost per prescription ranges from $1 for aspirin to $1600 for an HIV drug. By Carla K. Johnson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The search for Medicaid savings … Closer Look: Medicaid drugs become target for cuts Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … |
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Closer Look: Medicaid drugs become target for cuts
NECN Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, and the cost per prescription ranges from $1 for aspirin to $1600 for an HIV drug. So, for lawmakers trying to figure out how to meet Gov. Pat Quinn's goal of cutting … Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … |
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Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs …
Chicago Tribune Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, for the poor and disabled.Legislators are looking at other states for ideas. Tennessee, for example, limits adults to five prescriptions each month. |
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Mississippi's Medicaid program adds coverage for Aerocrine's FeNO testing in …
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that affects more than 300 million people worldwide, many of whom are children. FeNO is a marker of the underlying airway inflammation associated with asthma, and Aerocrine has developed a method … |
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