ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
"This is the beginning of substance abuse disorders being part of mainstream health care," said Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. Serious impediments to …
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Why For-Profit Prisons House More Inmates Of Color
Beyond the historical over-representation of people of color in county jails and federal and state prisons, Petrella found, people of color "are further overrepresented in private prisons contracted by departments of correction in Arizona, California …
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Coalition leader recognized for advocacy, prescription drug initiatives
“In 2010, JP Banks was a key part of the initial task force on prescription drug abuse in Hall County that led to the adoption of the program by the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation,” Palmer said. “The Drug Free Coalition of Hall County has …
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The Last Drug Czar?
The White House budget for 2014 devotes 57 percent of drug-control spending to punishment and interdiction while just 43 percent went to treatment and prevention. Kerlikowske has noted such numbers increased … Some drug reformers speculate the White …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Health law could overwhelm addiction services
“There is no illness currently being treated that will be more affected by the Affordable Care Act than addiction,” said Tom McLellan, CEO of the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute and President Barack Obama's former deputy drug czar. “That's …
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“We Should Continue to Provide Treatment to Addicts,” Drug Czar Says
Harbor Village, located in sunny South Florida, is equipped to help clients dependent on addictive drugs receive private drug treatment in an upscale, 24/7 medically supervised, state-of-the art environment. Every client staying at Harbor Village is …
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Is Australia's Addiction Treatment Model Failing Australians?
For many years private and publicly funded Australian drug and alcohol treatment services have promoted the harm minimization model of drug treatment perhaps more aggressively than any other Western country. This model of addiction treatment seeks to …
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“We Should Continue to Provide Treatment to Addicts,” Drug Czar Says
Harbor Village, located in sunny South Florida, is equipped to help clients dependent on addictive drugs receive private drug treatment in an upscale, 24/7 medically supervised, state-of-the art environment. Every client staying at Harbor Village is …
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Treating Addiction: Saving Money but Not Lives
Maine's governor and members of the State Legislature have cut funding for opioid addiction treatment services in the state and have sought to limit access to treatment. Their actions have been explained as trying to save some money. One can only …
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Health law could overwhelm addiction services
"There is no illness currently being treated that will be more affected by the Affordable Care Act than addiction," said Tom McLellan, CEO of the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute and President Barack Obama's former deputy drug czar. "That's …
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Health law to open access to addiction treatment
The Affordable Care Act established 10 mandatory "essential health benefits" that need to be covered by individual and small group insurance plans. One of those benefits is behavioral health, which includes addiction treatment. "Addiction, because it …
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