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Cost of diabetes, obesity drugs often out of reach for low-income patients
20 May 2024 09:03 GMT
… fill their prescriptions for the medications they need to control … Sanders, an independent from Vermont, who chairs the U.S … years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved rebranded versions … State Medicaid plans vary in their coverage of the drugs for …
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US drug overdose deaths top 100,000 for third consecutive year
18 May 2024 01:42 GMT
… at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont. [AP Photo/Toby … has been mixed with other drugs like heroin, cocaine or … has resulted in millions losing Medicaid coverage, along with cuts to … sponsors to the Mexican drug cartels sourcing drug-making chemicals from …
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Imported Drugs: (Possibly) Coming Soon to a State Near You
16 May 2024 22:34 GMT
… seeks to import 14 prescription medications limited to diseases (e … health departments, recipients of Medicaid and inmates in the custody … to expand the list of medications that will be imported. … drugs from Canada.
Vermont was the first state to pass drug …
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News in Brief from April 2024
17 May 2024 18:21 GMT
… , unemployment, Medicare and Medicaid) seeing the strongest growth.
Vermont Flannel owners acquire … through Medicare and Vermont Medicaid. Khan allegedly prescribed the drugs knowing that at …
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Great leaders in healthcare | 2024
20 May 2024 18:24 GMT
… the addition of Southwestern Vermont Health Care as a … by founding the Synergie Medication Collective, addressing more than … lowered costs of prescription drugs, expanded telehealth services, … and the finalization of Medicaid health insurance contracts. In …
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Newsweek names UVM Medical Center one of America’s best maternity hospitals
20 May 2024 01:37 GMT
… and Quality Data
Vermont Business Magazine Reflecting the … cleanliness and communication about medication.
Data on hospital quality … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Health … About The University of Vermont Health Network:
The University …
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A Deep Dive into Rhode Island’s Primary Care Crisis
17 May 2024 15:47 GMT
… . The payers: Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurers and large … receive prior authorization for drugs, tests, equipment and … approve imaging, blood tests, medications. We have situations, they … third-year University of Vermont medical school student from …
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‘Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America’: The Ms. Q&A with Shefali Luthra
17 May 2024 16:31 GMT
… decades.” After all, most Medicaid recipients had lost insurance … of two drugs that are typically used in medication abortion. We … able to prescribe abortion medications without an in-person … in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont and California. Is this …
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Sanders is worried about an existential threat to American health care
17 May 2024 13:41 GMT
… by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, on Wednesday.
The report from … and other weight loss drugs, Medicare and Medicaid could spend $166 billion … though they are the same drug − semaglutide − according to Sanders.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds directs federal funding to opioid addiction treatment
16 May 2024 23:39 GMT
… a specific prescription for the medication. These orders include specific … also the use of other drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.
The … .
The drug is free in Louisiana for people on Medicaid, and … free naloxone.
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A statewide standing order allows …