09/23/2024
https://www.congress.gov...
"And my own anecdotal sense that Medicaid expansion did not, in fact, cause an increase in opioid deaths is reinforced by a recent article in Health Affairs."
"In fact, one of the reasons we all came together to implement Medicaid expansion is because we had a crisis in our behavioral health and drug overdose deaths in our state."
"It's astounding that one paragraph jotted down in 1980 helped fuel the horrible epidemic that we are seeing today."
"I was Governor of New Hampshire starting in January 2013. I'm also a Governor who worked with my Republican legislature to implement Medicaid expansion."