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Could Medicaid Expansion Boost the Texas Economy?
2014-07-24 00:59:52| Chemicals - Topix.net
A new study from Families USA suggests taxi drivers are among the 1.5 million Texans who would get health insurance if Texas expanded Medicaid eligibility.
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Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion a Slam Dunk for UnitedHealth Group
2014-07-21 08:29:09| Beverages - Topix.net
Although just 26 states chose to adopt the provision of the Affordable Care Act that expands Medicaid, the program has been a goldmine for private Medicaid insurers like UnitedHealth Group ( During the second quarter, UnitedHealth added 380,000 new Medicaid members, bringing the total new members added this year to 635,000.
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Texas Medicaid holds off on proposed limits for Gilead hepatitis drug
2014-04-11 23:59:42| Biotech - Topix.net
Texas is reconsidering whether to impose strict limits on Gilead Sciences' $84,000 hepatitis C treatment for patients on the state's Medicaid health plan for the poor, at the urging of outside advisers, a state official said on Friday.
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Teva settles Medicaid false billing case tied to C...
2014-03-11 23:57:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle charges that it paid kickbacks to a Chicago psychiatrist to induce him to prescribe an anti-schizophrenia drug to patients, resulting in more than 100,000 false Medicaid and Medicare claims.
Insurers, Medicaid fear multibillion-dollar hepatitis C drug tab
2014-03-05 09:27:37| Apparel - Topix.net
U.S. health insurers are seeking help from state health officials to foot the bill for a new generation of hepatitis C treatments that could cost the nation $200 billion or more in the next five years.