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VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response
The overdose antidote naloxone could soon be available in more public places. The Veterans Administration is adding it to its automated defibrillator cabinets. Other institutions are following suit.
A Setback For Massachusetts In States’ Drive To Contain Medicaid Drug Spending
Massachusetts planned to exclude expensive drugs that weren’t proven to work better than existing alternatives from its Medicaid plan. Medicaid drug spending had doubled in five years.
Families Choose Empathy Over ‘Tough Love’ To Rescue Loved Ones From Opioids
Families are starting to adopt an approach that stresses compassion instead of harsh consequences for loved ones with addiction. Their goal? Keep them alive long enough to recover.
Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare’s ‘Flat Fee’ Payment Proposal
The Trump administration says its plan to overhaul the way Medicare pays doctors will save physicians time and paperwork. But critics worry the changes will hurt patients’ care and doctors’ income.
After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One
An overdose is a wake-up call for many people with addiction. So why aren’t patients being offered medications that could keep them from looking for the next dangerous hit of drugs?
