KFF Well being Information senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum Information 1’s “Los Angeles Instances At the moment” on Oct. 24 to debate her protection of state and federal efforts to increase road drugs — a rising subject that focuses on treating homeless individuals wherever they’re, whether or not indoors or on the streets.
Road drugs is getting a jolt in California, which was the primary state to standardize cost for road drugs suppliers by its Medicaid program, permitting them to be paid extra persistently. There are at the very least 50 road drugs groups within the state, with extra within the pipeline as cities grapple with rising homelessness — and the widespread drug use and psychological sickness that always accompany it.
Different states are additionally embracing road drugs, as is the Biden administration, which this month started permitting private and non-private insurers nationally to pay road drugs suppliers for medical companies.
Hart mentioned the dearth of conventional well being care companies for individuals with out housing, notably girls, and the way road drugs fills a crucial hole in care.
Click on right here to look at her on “Los Angeles Instances At the moment.”
Learn Hart’s in-depth article about road drugs suppliers’ work with pregnant girls and her report on nationwide road drugs cost developments.
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