Evan George - Health Journalism Fellow
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Fellow
Evan George
producer and reporter
KCRW
1st Place, newspapers under 100,000 in 2009
Obamacare is changing addiction rehab, with health insurance companies and HMOs now required to cover treatment for addiction like any other disease. Private rehab centers like Betty Ford are looking to open mid-priced outpatient clinics, and high-priced private rehab centers could lose business.
The Affordable Care Act has made it easier to obtain drug addiction treatment services like methadone in California, but access to detox centers remains limited.