Addiction Is Costly

Addiction is costly

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans

It is unconscionable for a young person with a heroin addiction to be admitted to a treatment program that is set up for 28 days and be told after six days that he or she is being discharged because insurance won't pay. No heroin addict gets better and …
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Richard Ober: NH's huge addiction problem needs much more attention

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“Collective Action, Collective Impact” is a five-year plan created by the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment. That commission is chaired by Tym Rourke of our staff, who oversees $ 2.5 million annually …
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Making a Mint on Medicare: Private Businesses?

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The real beneficiaries of Medicare “entitlement,” say the authors of a recently released book, are the private companies that rely on the $ 600 billion that Medicare spends each year: the drug companies, device manufacturers, hospitals, doctors …
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