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Patient brokers prey on those struggling with addiction; new campaign works to stop them

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione Michael Roberts went to treatment for substance use disorder 26 times. This often turned into a cycle, Roberts said, encouraging someone to misuse substances until they died. Treatment facilities and providers may also misrepresent their services or their accreditation status.

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Rural North Carolina counties would suffer most from Medicaid cuts

NC Health News

That was the key takeaway from a report released in January by the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Medicaid is important in every state, Leonardo Cuello, a research professor at Georgetown, told an audience of North Carolina-based health advocates during a recent webinar.