Addicted to Profits: Insurance Companies Adjust Coverage of Methadone Clinics – Daily Free Press (Subscription)
Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics – Daily Free Press (subscription)
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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
Daily Free Press (subscription) With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate … |
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Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe
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Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community … |
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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette
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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that came only after a two-month delay on the program's waiting list, which is … |
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Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment – American News Report
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Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment
American News Report “When prescribed and monitored properly, medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone are safe and cost-effective components of opioid addiction treatment,” said lead author Nora Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug … |