Medicaid enrollees with substance use disorders have higher health costs than those without, around $1,200 compared to $550 ...

When we talk about cutting Medicaid, we're talking about dismantling this critical support system,” writes Ryan Hampton.

The Urban Institute estimates Medicaid spending on that drug ... economics professor Richard Frank told NPR the cost of treating opioid addiction could be as high as $180 billion over 10 years ...

Fewer children and adults were covered, but low-income seniors and disabled residents who typically require more services remained on Medicaid. The rising costs of prescription drugs, addiction ...

For millions of people on Medicaid, it will simply be too expensive ... Unless the cost of Naloxone comes down, the tremendous cost of addiction—socially, culturally, and economically—will ...

Already, more than 9,400 New Hampshire Medicaid enrollees are receiving some form of addiction treatment, according to the state agency. As in other states, the cost of buprenorphine, about $300 ...

Stephanie didn't know why she was disqualified, but suddenly, her methadone prescription cost hundreds ... people with opioid addiction have lost coverage in the massive Medicaid disenrollment ...

Concurrently, we decreased provider participation costs by simplifying and ... we introduced Medicaid reimbursement for addiction care delivered via audio-only and audio-visual modalities and ...

My addiction had stripped away everything ... When I finally found a bed in a treatment center, it was Medicaid that covered the cost. Without it, I would have been left to die on the streets ...