Medicaid waivers

Executive Summary

Sen. Snowe (R-Vt.) introduces bill (S 1177) July 12 that would give HHS authority to grant Medicaid demonstration project waivers like those given to Maine and Vermont, in which Medicaid drug prices are offered to residents without drug coverage. The Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America won its case against the Vermont program in Washington, D.C. federal appeals court and has filed a lawsuit against the Maine program (1"The Pink Sheet" July 9, p. 3). Sens. Collins (R-Maine), Jeffords (I-Vt.) and Leahy (D-Vt.) co-sponsored the bill