Efforts to revert the Medicaid enrollment process to pre-pandemic rules are causing significant disruptions for individuals receiving critical opioid addiction treatment. Even in states with the highest national rates of opioid overdose deaths, many people have been dropped from Medicaid, severely limiting their access to lifesaving care. A team from the Institute for Healthcare Policy has explored the effects of this ‘unwinding’ on the future of Medicaid funding and the impact it will have on the thousands of Americans who depend on it for addiction treatment.
