Colorado congresswoman introduces bill to incentivize states to cover drug treatment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Under current law, Medicaid doesn't cover drug treatment.
37% : If passed, it would make it easier for states to cover treatment for drug abuse, like inpatient hospital stays or residential treatment, via Medicaid, in part by ensuring that the federal government will cover 90% of new costs in the first five years after a state adopts the program.
37% : "That's the de facto treatment system if you don't cover it under Medicaid. "
36% : But he argued that it was "unconscionably bizarre" for Medicaid not to cover drug abuse treatment, and he said that allowing it to do so will save states money in criminal justice and health care costs.
23% : A new bill introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen seeks to incentivize more states to offer drug abuse treatment through Medicaid, six years after she sponsored a bill requiring Colorado to provide that care.

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