Friday, February 15, 2008

CDC Report Calls on States to Boost Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage

From RWJF News Digest:
CDC Report Calls on States to Boost Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called on states to dramatically increase their Medicaid tobacco dependency treatment coverage. The CDC report cited the Healthy People 2010 goal of instituting total health insurance coverage for evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments in all 51 state Medicaid programs, AHA News Now reports.

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