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April 2026
- Apr 23Arizona Watch
AHCCCS Quietly Becomes a National Model for Buprenorphine Access
Arizona's Medicaid program (AHCCCS) removed prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine in late 2025. Year-over-year prescriptions are up 41% — and overdose deaths in covered populations are down 18%.
- Apr 22Science & Medicine
Addiction Is a Brain Disease — and What That Means in 2026
The brain-disease model of addiction has been the dominant framework in American medicine for thirty years. The 2026 evidence base both vindicates and complicates the original claim.