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Medicaid unwinding linked to disruptions in opioid addiction treatment, study suggests

Posted on May 11, 2025 by TCYSAPC
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The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid addiction, a new University of Michigan study suggests.  The researchers call this finding concerning, because the disruption may increase the risk

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US drug overdose deaths drop to lowest levels since June 2020, CDC data shows

Posted on March 10, 2025 by TCYSAPC
Overdose Rescue kits are sit on a table during an Opioid Overdose Prevention Training class provided by Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, New York
Feb 25 (Reuters) – Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdose in the United States in the 12-month period ending September 2024, a decline of about 24% from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Tuesday.
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