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      <title>Detox deserts: the cities where the nearest detox that lists Medicaid is more than 50 miles away</title>
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      <description>116 cities where the nearest in-state detox that lists Medicaid is more than 50 miles away, and the places where a state line hides a closer one.</description>
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      <description>A practical guide to the two calls that matter before admission: one to your health plan and one to the treatment program.</description>
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      <description>What detox, residential, day treatment (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), outpatient care and medication for addiction mean, in plain language.</description>
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      <description>How medicines for opioid and alcohol use disorders work, how to use naloxone in an overdose, and why alcohol and benzodiazepines should not be stopped suddenly.</description>
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      <description>How Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE and the VA cover treatment, what to ask before you go, and options if you have no insurance.</description>
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      <title>Twelve questions to ask a program</title>
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      <dc:creator>Hunter Shepard</dc:creator>
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      <description>A printable checklist of twelve questions to ask an addiction or mental health program before you choose, plus warning signs to watch for.</description>
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