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Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal

Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal

Update: 2025-09-30
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Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Stephen Crystal of Rutgers University about his recent paper exploring how states with substantial increases in buprenorphine uptake as an opioid use disorder treatment response grew alongside increased Medicaid prescribing from 2018–24.

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Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal

Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal

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