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The Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati now called PreventionFIRST! (PF!) is anti-drug organization in Greater Cincinnati. Rob Portman founded the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati in 1996 [1] before becoming a congressman. [2] The organization advances "a comprehensive effort to address youth substance abuse". [3]
The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program is a program in the United States that was created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA'90). The program establishes mandatory rebates that drug manufacturers must pay state Medicaid agencies related to the dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs covered by Medicaid .
CareSource is a nonprofit that began as a managed health care plan serving Medicaid members in Ohio. Today, it provides public health care programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace. The company is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. It is the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio and is second largest in the United States. [2] [3]
Eleven state Medicaid programs put lifetime treatment limits on how long addicts can be prescribed Suboxone, ranging between one and three years. Multiple state Medicaid programs have placed limits on how much an addict can take per dose. Such restrictions are based on the mistaken premise that addiction can be cured in a set time frame.
In Ohio, about 16,500 people are in jail on any given night and 300,000 are booked into jails each year. Jails hold people immediately after arrest, who are awaiting trial and are serving less ...
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
It was reported in 2018 1.3 million drug addicts were treated in China's compulsory detox centers. [90] [91] Compulsory drug rehabilitation has a long history in China: The Mao Zedong government is credited with eradicating both consumption and production of opium during the 1950s using unrestrained repression and social reform. [92]
Many also provide a limited range of medical testing, prescription drug assistance, women's health care, and dental care. Free clinics do not function as emergency care providers, and most do not handle employment related injuries. Few, if any, free clinics offer care for chronic pain as that would require them to dispense narcotics. For a free ...