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📣 Medicaid – a lifeline for many Americans with addiction – is facing a potential massive reduction in federal support. 📝Write or call your Senators today and tell them to protect Medicaid for people living with addiction, their families, and their communities > > https://ow.ly/cJqT50WgNGK

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Patrick O'Neill

Director of Recruiting | Healthcare Management, Physician Recruitment

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The mortality math on the removal of health insurance on a population is clear, Elimination of Medicaid will have predictable consequences: ~18,000 excess deaths/year: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that lack of insurance increases mortality by about 25%, leading to an estimated 18,000 deaths annually.

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