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Substance use and age of substance use initiation
Our findings suggest roughly
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3 million young people ages 12 to 25 are misusing opioids. Effective, culturally relevant prevention education and early intervention for substance use are needed as early as elementary school.

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Meeting the health care needs of Medicaid-enrolled adolescents with unhealthy opioid or other substance use
Despite the
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prevalence of unhealthy opioid use among Medicaid-enrolled young people, few are screened or receive substance use treatment, even with frequent contact with health care providers.

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Improving substance use services for Medicaid-enrolled young people
Several strategies and policies could help Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program promote prevention and early intervention, improve youth substance use services, and expand access to care in schools and the community.

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Parents with low incomes faced challenges accessing and affording health care
Though parents at various income levels faced health challenges and problems accessing and affording health care in spring 2021, parents with low incomes faced the steepest adversity.

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Adults with nonstandard work arrangements face greater material hardship than other workers
Compared with workers with traditional jobs, adults with nonstandard work arrangements are less likely to be covered by employer-sponsored health insurance and are more likely to have difficulty paying for housing, food, and medical care.

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Trends in small group market insurance coverage
This study examines how the small-group market has fared after the implementation of the 2014 market reforms.

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The Georgia Access Model would reduce insurance coverage for Georgians
Linda Blumberg and Matthew Fiedler explain that implementing the Georgia Access Model would meaningfully reduce insurance coverage in Georgia.

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