KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1’s “LA Times Today” last week to explain how California is trying to help hard-drug users kick their habit by paying them to stay clean. California was the first state to expand access to this cutting-edge addiction treatment, called “contingency management,” in its Medicaid program. California is focusing on stimulants like meth and cocaine. Click here to watch Hart discuss the treatment on “LA Times Today.”You can read Hart’s in-depth article about California’s initiative. She also wrote about national efforts to encourage other states to adopt the novel approach.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2024 21:01 UTC