Ok. I am going to comment from another angle.

These "medications" for which medicaid and the likes were paying for, are essential to many people. Pedialyte for example prevents dehydration and for the very young, it is easy to become dydrated very quickly which can lead to serious heath issues and death. Many vitamins are also essential to help people maintain decent health.

many over the counter medications (pedialyte and vitamins for example) are often beyond the reach of low income people. If finding a way for medicaid to pay for these things so that people in need could get them is illegal then that sucks.

Did the pharmecutical comapnies do this for their own pocketbook or the good of the people? More than likely for themselves. However, maybe this will open the eyes of those in power and make it a little easier for those who need these things to find a way for them to get them.