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State Medicaid drug policies impeding access to effective drug for alcohol abuse
11-19-2007 · EurekAlert!Many states could more effectively address the huge financial and societal burden of alcohol abuse by changing policies that may be inadvertently impeding access to an inexpensive prescription drug known to reduce problem drinking. These findings appear in a new study in today's online version of the journal, Health Services Research.
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