Price controls Maine programs

In 1975 Maine was one of the first two states to create a senior pharmaceutical assistance program. In 1999, Maine s SB 752 mandated the first statewide discount price program. In May 2000, the legislature enacted and the Governor signed a multi-part law that included both discounts and the nation s first state prescription drug price control mechanism. A separate pharmaceutical discount law was enacted in May 2001, and an entirely new law passed in June 2005.9... 

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