Medicaid Work Requirements, Renewal Help, & Drug Price Transparency

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The Friday Five for June 2, 2023: Medicaid work requirements in debt ceiling bill nixed, Medicaid enrollees unaware of Medicaid redeterminations and unsure of renewal process, Medicaid prescription drug transparency proposal, register to attend Ritter Summits, and RIMGO, Ritter’s AEP-prep game is back!

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References:

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Proposal to Advance Prescription Drug Transparency in Medicaid: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/23/biden-harris-administration-announces-proposal-advance-prescription-drug-transparency-medicaid.html

Debt deal claws back COVID relief, spares Medicaid: https://www.axios.com/2023/05/30/debt-deal-claws-back-covid-relief-spares-medicaid

HR 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf

Medicaid Drug Price Verification Survey and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Drug Price Transparency: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicaid-drug-price-verification-survey-and-pharmacy-benefit-manager-drug-price-transparency

Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/26/2023-10934/medicaid-program-misclassification-of-drugs-program-administration-and-program-integrity-updates

Medicaid work requirements dropped in debt ceiling deal: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/medicaid-work-requirements-dropped-debt-ceiling-deal

New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/business/debt-ceiling-agreement.html

The Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment: Knowledge and Experiences of Enrollees: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/the-unwinding-of-medicaid-continuous-enrollment-knowledge-and-experiences-of-enrollees/

Tough Tradeoffs Under Republican Work Requirement Plan: Some People Lose Medicaid or States Could Pay to Maintain Coverage: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/tough-tradeoffs-under-republican-work-requirement-plan-some-people-lose-medicaid-or-states-could-pay-to-maintain-coverage/

Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid & Work: A Look at What the Data Say: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-intersection-of-medicaid-work-a-look-at-what-the-data-say/

What Happens When the U.S. Hits Its Debt Ceiling? https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-happens-when-us-hits-its-debt-ceiling

White House and G.O.P. Strike Debt Limit Deal to Avert Default: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/politics/debt-ceiling-deal.html

With Medicaid redeterminations underway, many are unaware of the process: KFF: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/medicaid-redeterminations-underway-many-are-unaware-process-kff

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