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Figure 8.11 is a bar chart showing source of payment for most recent specialty alcohol treatment among persons aged 12 or older who received specialty alcohol treatment in the past year in 2002. Among persons who received specialty treatment for an alcohol problem in the past year, 46.3 percent reported using their own savings or earnings as a source of payment for their most recent specialty treatment, 31.7 percent reported using private health insurance, 21.5 percent reported public assistance other than Medicaid, 21.4 percent reported Medicaid, 19.0 percent reported using Medicare, 15.2 percent reported family members, 14.3 percent reported military health insurance, 9.4 percent reported the courts, and 7.9 percent reported their employer as a source of payment.

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