Medicaid enrollees with substance use disorders require significantly higher health costs than those without—around $1,200 per month on average compared to $550, according to KFF.

We risk reversing decades of progress, condemning future generations to needless suffering and increasing the overall costs ...

Lister pointed to a 2021 study published by the American Medical Association, which found that improving access to opioid addiction treatment can save between $25,000 to $105,000 in lifetime costs ...

Long Island addiction-treatment providers said Monday that a congressional spending bill's $880 billion in proposed cuts, largely to Medicaid, and more than $1 billion in proposed trims to the ...

Medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction strategies are made possible by federal investments in addiction science.

That change raised the projected cost to $13.3 million in the first year. So on Sunday, the House Appropriations Committee amended that bill and removed that change to lower the cost.

Newsweek featured Joshua Lynch in an article about how Medicaid costs might be lowered by tackling substance use disorders. Lynch explained the reason Medicaid enrollees with substance use disorders ...

Lister pointed to a 2021 study published by the American Medical Association, which found that improving access to opioid addiction treatment can save between $25,000 to $105,000 in lifetime costs ...

Newsweek featured Joshua Lynch in an article about how Medicaid costs might be lowered by tackling substance use disorders. Lynch explained the reason Medicaid enrollees with substance use disorders ...