What We’re Reading

Lots of things to report on this Friday. Internal documents obtained by Stat show that Abbott heavily incentivized its sales staff to push...

NY Times - Actions by Congress on Opioids Haven’t Included Limiting Them. Ed White has had a devilish time getting his painkiller prescription...

Twin Falls Times-News: Idaho, Utah Lead Medicaid Gap States In Mental Illness, Substance Abuse Of the non-expansion states, Idaho and Utah have the...

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Medicaid Expansion Could Mean Better Mental Health Outcomes: Federal Study Louisiana residents who need mental health...

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Medicaid Expansion Would Provide Behavioral Health Coverage For 114,000 Tennesseans An estimated 114,000 low-income...

Miami Herald: Report: Medicaid Expansion Could Boost Access To Treatment For Mental Illness, Substance Abuse Expanding Medicaid could allow more...

The Austin American Statesman: Medicaid Expansion Could Help 400,000 Mentally Ill Texans, Report Says About 406,000 Texans with mental illness and...

Winston-Salem Journal: Federal Regulators Tout Behavioral Health Benefits To Medicaid Expansion In North Carolina Federal health regulators made...

Georgia Health News: Feds: Medicaid Expansion Would Help Thousands Of Mental Health, Drug Patients Expanding the state’s Medicaid program could...

The Wall Street Journal: Officials Emphasize Drug Treatment, Mental Health In Medicaid Push In its latest effort to get more states to states to...