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Budget panel recommends smaller prescription copay hike after concerns about burden on Medicaid recipients
Summary
Members of a health-related budget subcommittee debated the governor's proposal to raise Medicaid prescription copays from $1/$3 to $4/$8 and held a nonbinding straw poll favoring a smaller increase (to $2/$4), citing hardship for low-income patients and federal match rules.
A legislative health budget subcommittee on Feb. 18 debated the governor's recommendation to raise prescription copays for people on Medicaid from $1 to $4 for one tier and from $3 to $8 for another.
The chair read the proposal, noting the change in the governor's recommended budget. "They're requesting that we increase that co pay from $1 to $4 and $3 to $8," the chair said. Several members pressed staff on whether federal rules required…
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