Study shows little variance in overdose deaths when sorting by Medicaid expansion status
March 3, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/03/03/study-shows-little-variance-in-overdose-deaths-when-sorting-by-medicaid-expansion-status/
Kevin Griffith, PhD examined how the pandemic impacted access to substance use disorder treatment services, which are improved with Medicaid services. Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states experienced similar increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.