Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Shirley Turner, D-15th District, that expands Medicaid coverage to include comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits, was signed into law on Tuesday. The law takes ...

State Medicaid programs could see a significant return on their investment in anti-smoking programs, according to a recently released study by George Washington University. The University's Center for ...

Patients with Medicare were 5.08 times more likely than patients with private insurance, and 2.81 times more likely than patients with Medicaid, to face a financial barrier to obtaining varenicline ...

Although the overall adult smoking rate is at a new low at 16.8 percent, there is still a lot of work to do to break the addiction among adults who are uninsured and who have lower incomes. American ...

After surveying 50 states and the District of Columbia to document their 2009 Medicaid tobacco-dependence treatment coverage, the Center for Health and Public Policy Studies at the University of ...

Insurance coverage of evidence-based cessation treatments leads to increases in quit attempts, use of cessation treatments, and successful smoking cessation (3). In particular, more comprehensive ...

This article describes the implementation of Medicaid smoking cessation guidance in a large, urban federally qualified health center to examine how state-level provisions translated into clinic-level ...

Connecticut’s Medicaid program will begin funding smoking cessation services starting Jan. 1, according to New Haven Independent report. Connecticut is one of four states that don’t pay for smoking ...

Many people are more successful in quitting smoking when they have the right support. Medicare helps pay for counseling and some medication for smoking cessation. Individuals who smoke have a higher ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An anti-smoking organization wants Connecticut's Medicaid program to offer services that help needy clients kick the habit. The group Mobilize Against Tobacco for Connecticut's ...