Millions More to Get Coverage for Addiction, Alcoholism Treatment, but Can the …

Published October 4, 2013

Millions more to get coverage for addiction, alcoholism treatment, but can the …

Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs

In the coming years, treatment programs and medical colleges will face pressure to ramp up to create a larger system. But until then, addiction treatment may represent an extreme example of one of the Affordable Care Act's challenges: actually …
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Substance–abuse treatment: Cutbacks will create more problems

Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs

North Carolina farms out most treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to private centers that help people with a combination of contributions and federal and state money. No one pretends that's enough, and there are three state-run centers as well. Sadly …
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Our Voice: Betty Ford, Hazelden merger a good step

Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs

MORE COVERAGE: Desert Sun investigation: Betty Ford Center. The new foundation will be the largest nonprofit provider of substance abuse treatment programs in the nation. After regulatory review, the foundation is expected to have a $ 180 million annual …
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