Use of Medicaid and Medicare Administrative Claims Data in Litigation and Regulation
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In 1994, Mississippi and Minnesota independently filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry seeking reimbursement of smoking-attributable Medicaid expenditures. Numerous other states filed similar suits over the next several years. During 1997-1998 the original pair, plus Florida and Texas, settled their suits during or on the eve of trial. In November 1998, the remaining 46 states negotiated the “Master Settlement Agreement” (MSA) with the tobacco industry. The MSA imposed various advertising and marketing prohibitions on the industry, and the industry agreed to pay $206 billion to these 46 states over the next 25 years.
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