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Senate GOP Considers Adding Opioid Funding to Obamacare Repeal Bill

June 19, 2017 by ATForum

“Senate Republicans are considering adding funding for opioid abuse treatment to their ObamaCare repeal bill, according to senators and aides.

The move would be meant to ease concerns about the effect on opioid addiction treatment from rolling back ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, which currently plays a major role in providing coverage for that treatment.

But it’s unclear how much funding would be included and whether that could meaningfully fill the gap.”

Read more at: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/337465-post-senate-gop-considers-adding-opioid-funding-to-obamacare-repeal-bill

Source: TheHill.com – June 12, 2017

See related article: Trump’s first opioid meeting hears concerns about slashing Medicaid available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338260-trumps-first-opioid-meeting-hears-concerns-about-slashing-medicaid

See related article: ObamaCare: Six key parts of the Senate bill available at:
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/338188-obamacare-six-key-parts-of-the-senate-bill

See related article: Price Clashes With Senators Over Path to Combat Opioid Crisis available at:
https://morningconsult.com/2017/06/15/on-opioid-issue-top-hhs-official-sees-progress-moving-backwards/

See related article: Time for Action on Opioids available at: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-06-15/donald-trumps-budget-undercuts-his-pledge-to-end-the-opioid-crisis

See related article: Short-term grants are no replacement for Medicaid to fight opioid epidemic available at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/338002-short-term-grants-are-no-replacement-for-medicaid-when-it-comes

Filed Under: 2017, News Updates

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