Prescription drug abuse epidemic is topic of summit Thursday in Lower Paxton …
“The Centers for Disease Control say overdose deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels,'' '' said Commissioner George P. Hartwick, who oversees the county's Drug & Alcohol Services, which is coordinating the summits …
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Medicaid rates pinch treatment centers
The federal government is now picking up the tab for most of Washington's publicly funded treatment of drug addiction, courtesy of President Barack Obama's health care law. But some providers of drug and alcohol treatment are chafing under the prices …
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An 000 hepatitis drug is giving states and insurers a major headache
Many of those infected with hepatitis C don't even know they have the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but that could change as millions of people join expanded Medicaid programs starting this year under the …
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