The Republican Tax Act, which signed the law earlier this month, can be a significant death for those who want to treat opioid addiction.
Specifically, the reduction of Medicaid can lose access to drugs for opioid use, according to the new estimates published by researchers from the University of Boston and the University of Pennsylvania.
“We believe that this bill will lose access to the treatment of opioid disorders, and the overdose rate of the group will lead to about 1,000 additional fatal overdose every year. Policy notesThe House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senator John Thune (RS.D.) were spoken.
This projection depends on other existing data that shows that it is very likely that people who treat opioid addiction using drugs such as metadon and boulevard norpins are very unlikely to die due to overdose. The researchers then used the public health modeling tools that fit the drug crisis to identify the possible effects.
Benjamin Linas, a researcher of Boston University, who co-authored MEMO, said, “How much was likely to lose a Medicaid approach, and of how many people had a material disorder and medicines how many people were likely to lose Medicaid Access Rights. There was an estimated value, “We knew what the model would happen for a year, and that the overdose rate was about half of those who did not.”
Projections occur during the relative good news about overdose. During last year, drug deaths have declined steadily, which appears to be withdrawn to the level before level 19.
However, Medicaid is the largest addiction treatment fund in the United States, but Linas and his co -author argued that deep cuts of programs on recent progress are in danger.
Their findings consist of the agreement of the addicted medical community that people who take metadon or bouffre norpins are much less likely to experience fatal overdose. But despite their effects, the drug is high and possessed. About one fifth of Americans with opioid use disorders receive them.
The number of deaths from overdose still remains, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that about 78,000 Americans died in the end of February. In late 2023, the number of deaths over 12 months exceeded 110,000.
Regina Labelle, a professor of addictive policy and addiction policy at Georgetown University, said that the trump tax law was “very surprised.” But she also called the “Evases of Ice Mountain”. It is said that the dead focus only on those who can be directly connected to insurance coverage and drug access.
Labelle said, “These are those who can point out the people we can point out and the population that can be at risk of overdose.” What are the majority of people who have drug use disorders who are likely to lose their coverage without any type of treatment? 1,000 are conservative estimates based on drug recipients. “
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