Parents, Advocates Push for Drug Rehabilitation Be Paid for by Health Insurance
Parents, advocates push for drug rehabilitation be paid for by health insurance
BRENTWOOD – As the heroin crisis worsens on Long Island, parents and advocates are hoping Albany can pass a bill requiring inpatient drug rehabilitation be paid for by health insurance. The issue was discussed at the first of 12 statewide forums on …
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Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push To Expand Access To Substance …
"There is no illness that will be more favorably affected [by the Affordable Care Act] than substance abuse," said A. Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. … In …
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Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant …
Three states allow for "civil commitment" of pregnant women with drug habits — for instance, forced admission to an inpatient treatment program. No states currently have laws like the ones Tennessee proposed on the books, explicitly allowing a state …
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