“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
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