Association of Medicaid expansion with health insurance, unmet need for medical care and substance use disorder treatment among people who inject drugs in 13 US states.
Hannah Luke Fenimore CooperStephanie BeaneCourtney R YarbroughRegine HaardörferUmed IbragimovDanielle HaleySabriya LintonLeo BeletskySarah LandesRashunda LewisSnigdha PeddireddyCatlainn SioneanJanet Cummingsnull nullPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2023)
US Medicaid expansion may curb drug-related epidemics among impoverished people who inject drugs by increasing health insurance coverage and reducing unmet need for care. Persisting non-financial barriers may undermine expansion's impact upon substance use disorder treatment in this sample.