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On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
States that expanded Medicaid had a six percent overall lower rate of opioid use or opioid overdose deaths.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Kennedy cites a study on the impact of Medicaid expansion on opioid deaths.

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