Medicaid Smoking Cessation Access on the Rise

Courtesy MedPage Today Surveys  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 07:11

Patients in 84% of the nation's Medicaid programs have access to tobacco-dependence treatment, but the availability and extent of coverage varied significantly, researchers found.


 

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