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Subject NEW: Expanded Medicaid Coverage Drove Methadone Distribution
Date August 20, 2025 8:07 PM
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Methadone is a vital medication for opioid use disorder, yet it remains underused because of restrictive federal and state regulations.

In today's ahead-of-print article from our September theme issue offering insights on the opioid crisis, Ellen Latsko and coauthors explore how mandates applied to Medicaid coverage in 2020 led to greater methadone distribution for treating opioid use disorder ([link removed] ) .

Their research uncovers what the impact of this extended coverage had on methadone distribution and opioid overdoses from 2016–24.

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