Addiction Treatment Access Increases Under Medicaid Expansion, Study Shows
A new study suggests that Medicaid expansion can give low-income individuals better access to buprenorphine for opioid addiction. One concern about expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that it will give patients increased access to addicting opioid medications. The new study results, published in Health Affairs, could help alleviate these concerns. Addiction…