Since the passage of federal health care reform earlier this year – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148) and the companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (PL 111-143) – many in the addiction treatment field have been wondering what kind of impact this will have on the delivery of substance abuse [...]
28 April 2010
Written By: Stephanie Muller on April 28, 2010
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