‘Losing that is terrible.’ Federal budget cuts lead to the shutdown of a UMMC opioid addiction treatment project

Mississippians struggling with addiction have one less option for treatment after Congress cut funding for a University of Mississippi Medical Center project, according to a spokesperson for the medical center. The Mississippi Horizons Project used telehealth to treat patients with gold-standard medicine for opioid addiction like buprenorphine, according to a website that UMMC has since…

‘Losing that is terrible.’ Federal budget cuts lead to the shutdown of a UMMC opioid addiction treatment project

With ACA tax credits set to expire, Houston family faces skyrocketing insurance costs – Houston Public Media

AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. Felecia Suber spent weeks calculating, agonizing over and bracing for what her son’s new monthly health care premiums might be when enrollment opened Nov. 1 for insurance plans…

With ACA tax credits set to expire, Houston family faces skyrocketing insurance costs – Houston Public Media

Opioid treatment program opens first clinic on Milwaukee’s South Side

Community Medical Services (CMS) on Milwaukee’s South Side. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner) When patients struggling with opioid addiction walk into the newly opened Community Medical Services (CMS) clinic on Milwaukee’s South Side, “we want them to feel that this is a space for healing and growth,” said Amanda Maria De Leon, regional community impact…

Opioid treatment program opens first clinic on Milwaukee’s South Side

To address homelessness, we need affordable housing and addiction treatment | Opinion

Addressing homelessness “California has spent billions on homelessness. Audit shows we haven’t been tracking it | Opinion,” (modbee.com, April 11, 2024) An audit done in 2024 revealed that the state spent $24 billion over five years to solve our homelessness crisis. Sacramento Homeless Union President Crystal Sanchez said recently that a real solution to homelessness…

To address homelessness, we need affordable housing and addiction treatment | Opinion

Why Global Drug Addiction Harm Is Surging

Drug deaths rise due to gaps in harm reduction, potent substances, and worsening social and healthcare conditions. Drug use disorders (DUDs), commonly referred to as drug addiction, are chronic, relapsing conditions characterized by the compulsive use of psychoactive substances despite significant physical, psychological, and social harm (1✔ ✔Trusted SourceThe evolving burden of drug use disorders:…

Why Global Drug Addiction Harm Is Surging