Arizona suspended scores of behavioral health providers as authorities investigated them for defrauding the American Indian Health Program. The state’s actions left patients homeless and without treatment.
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The original was posted on /r/arizona by /u/lotta_love on 2024-09-10 22:25:56+00:00.

A probe of substance treatment programs prompted Arizona authorities to end Medicaid contracts with hundreds of clinics. This, in turn, left some patients without treatment.

Data from a state hotline for displaced patients shows more than 575 callers ended up unsheltered, which further increased their chances of relapse or even death.

Some clinics that were eventually cleared by the state tried to continue treating patients without compensation but said it pushed them to the brink financially.