Medicaid recipients urged lawmakers on Tuesday not to include a work requirement for benefits in the state budget.

As the NH Legislature works to finalize the state’s next budget, public health advocates and Medicaid patients are bracing ...

Medicaid increases approved during the special legislative session mean Minnesota addiction treatment providers can stay the ...

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

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 ...

Nevertheless, whether potential cuts to Medicaid funding would in fact cut costs is unclear. Like with any medicine, reducing access to treatments used for addiction can make people seek care when ...

Suddenly, her methadone prescription cost much more than she could ... Americans depend on the federal-state Medicaid program for lifesaving addiction care. At Operation PAR—a nonprofit ...

Suddenly, her methadone prescription cost much more than she could afford ... estimate that more than 1 million low-income Americans depend on the federal-state Medicaid program for lifesaving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...