NACDS backs amendment to SCHIP bill

NACDS offered support for an amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill to help ensure that low-income Americans continue to enjoy access to retail community pharmacies in the Medicaid program. In a letter to Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D, Ark.), Ken Salazar (D, Colo.), and Pat Roberts (R, Kan.), NACDS outlined support for an amendment to the SCHIP bill that would eliminate a portion of the Medicaid generic drug reimbursement cuts imposed under the controversial "average manufacturer price" (AMP) reimbursement policy.

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