Anti-addiction advocates: Health bill could kill treatment
WASHINGTON - Advocates for drug addiction services say the House Republican health proposal could dramatically shrink access to treatment at a time when the country remains in the grip of an opioid epidemic.
“The bill that they’re proposing is going to be catastrophic for states’ abilities to fight the overdose crisis,” said Daniel Raymond, policy director of the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national advocacy organization for people with mental health and addiction diseases.
Republicans defended the measure, saying it keeps in place many of the protections enacted under the Affordable Care Act.
“Our plan will not pull the rug out from anyone,” said U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, who helped craft the bill.
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I know people in treatment and those who work in treatment and the numbers just keep going up. Seems like every day there's a story in the local paper about it, someone who was saved from an overdose - or who died. It's an uphill battle and we need all the resources we can get. 