Obama Administration Announces Expanded Medicaid Coverage to Help Smokers Quit
6/30/2011 2:39 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2011) – The Obama Administration today took critical steps to help smokers quit by announcing expanded Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services, including comprehensive cessation coverage for pregnant women and funding for telephone quitlines. These actions will help more Medicaid beneficiaries quit smoking, protecting their own health and that of their children and families who may be exposed to harmful secondhand smoke. It will also save taxpayers money by helping to reduce the $30.9 billion a year Medicaid spends to treat tobacco-caused disease.
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