OpinionMarch 12, 2024
Medicaid Expansion Alone Isn’t Enough to Stop the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Expanding the state and federal insurance program helps prevent overdoses. But that only happens with enough treatment, and legal reform, to make it work
Stories by Janet Cummings
Janet Cummings is a professor in the department of health policy and management at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She is a nationally recognized expert on issues pertaining to access and quality of behavioral health care and the role of the safety net in meeting the needs of underserved populations with mental health and substance use disorders.