Loophole Lets Drug Firms Escape Medicaid List Costs
The Health and Human Services chief says exemptions in the Medicaid drug list could cost South Carolina up to eight million dollars. Lawmakers included a diabetes asthma and cancer exclusion in the budget, prompting concerns about eroding state savings and maintaining market share for drug companies. Senate leaders question shifting control away from the physician and pharmacist panel that designates the preferred list.
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Clean-up of tainted wells may cost twelve million
State officials estimate cleaning up underground water in Red Bank tainted by years of industrial dumping could cost up to 12 million and take as long as 15 years. Tests seek a bacterial mix to purify the groundwater feeding Lexington County wells, with settlement funds covering about half the cost and taxpayers the rest.
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Red Bank
Lexington County
Keith Lindler
Vince Bouronich
Bouronich
Lexington
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