Health care overhaul to expand addiction treatment reach
The Affordable Care Act could bring 3 to 5 million addicts and alcoholics into coverage as states decide on Medicaid expansion. Experts say treatment demand may double, prompting private equity investments and a shift from church basements to mainstream medical care. Tom McLellan notes addiction as a treatable illness changing the system.
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South Carolina addicts to gain insurance under federal reform
Tens of thousands of South Carolinians with drug or alcohol problems could become eligible for health coverage as the federal health care overhaul requires addiction treatment coverage. DADDAS says the state has about 700 beds with 97 percent filled, and many facilities did not respond to a capacity survey.
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