60% fewer insurers cover opioid addiction drugs now than in 2007 – but almost all cover the painkillers fueling the overdose epidemic, study findsThe number of people dying of opioid overdoses has surged since the 1990s

Medically-assisted treatments like buprenorphine are widely agreed to be the best therapies for addiction

Many insurance companies will not let patients access the drug for one to 15 days

In 2007, 89 percent of insurers covered buprenorphine without restrictions

By 2018, just 35 percent did so, new research from Oregon Health and Science University reveals

Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6695799/60-fewer-insurers-cover-opioid-addiction-drugs-2007-study-finds.html

Source: DailyMail.co.uk – February 13, 2019