Examining the Potential Role of Opioid Settlement Funds in the Face of Impending Federal Budget Reductions for Substance Use Disorders
Substantial gaps remain between current federal SUD funding and what opioid settlement funds can offset. Our findings underscore that opioid settlement funds are not a viable replacement for federal funding, both because they were never intended to serve this purpose, and because they are insufficient in scale.
Authors
- Amanda I. Mauri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-043X)
- Sachini Bandara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1797-8593)
- Abigail K. Winiker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-1920)
- Zoe Lindenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-7665)
- Ryan K. McBain
- Jonathan H Cantor
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- RAND Corporation (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Services Research
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70094
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00