ASAM: Sweeping Medicaid Reforms Could Weaken America’s Addiction Treatment Efforts, Pose a National Security Threat
ASAM: Sweeping Medicaid Reforms Could Weaken America’s Addiction Treatment Efforts, Pose a National Security Threat
Rockville, MD (May 13, 2025) - In response to Sunday’s release of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s bill text to reform Medicaid funding Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), issued the following statement:
“ASAM firmly opposes any harmful Medicaid reforms which threaten to make lifesaving addiction treatment less accessible to Americans. Should the out-of-pocket costs of treatment services for low-income Americans with addiction exceed the price of legal or illicit addictive substances due to health insurance loss or new Medicaid requirements, we risk losing valuable ground in our addiction and recovery efforts. (ASAM – American Society of Addiction Medicine, USA, 13.05.2025)
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