Addiction Drug Limit Draws Sharp Rebuke

Addiction drug limit draws sharp rebuke
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
A proposed two-year limit on Medicaid coverage for a widely used medicine for opiate addicts would lead to increased addiction and overdose deaths at a time when the state is trying to turn the tide on a prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to physicians and addicts.
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Doctors, addicts decry drug limit
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
A proposed two-year limit on Medicaid coverage for a widely used medicine for opiate addicts would lead to increased addiction and overdose deaths at a time when the state is trying to turn the tide on a prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to physicians and addicts.
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Doctors: Don’t limit care for addicts
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A spending cap on medical treatment of drug addiction would ultimately be more costly for the state, they say.
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