Medicaid drug tests get look
But aim should be help for beneficiaries, two parties agree
Posted: December 2, 2012 at 1:53 a.m.
Drug testing of Medicaid recipients has surfaced as a potential ingredient for a deal expanding the state’s $5 billion program by 250,000 people, but both Republicans and Democrats say tests should be used to steer abusers into treatment — not off the rolls.
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