The article highlights the author's struggle with addiction and the pivotal role Medicaid played in their recovery. As they recount their journey from heroin addiction, which stripped away their career, dignity, and life, they emphasize the urgent need for accessible mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. With Congress discussing significant cuts to Medicaid, the author expresses concern that such measures would jeopardize the recovery of millions of vulnerable individuals, undoing hard-won progress in fighting the addiction crisis.
In the depths of my addiction, I was unemployable... My days were consumed by the relentless pursuit of the next fix, overshadowing all else.
Without Medicaid, I would have been left to die on the streets, another statistic in a crisis that already claims far too many.
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