Former Drug Czar Says GOP Health Bill Would Cut Access To Addiction Treatment
The director of National Drug Control Policy under President Obama, Michael Botticelli, says the proposed GOP health bill would decrease access to treatment in the middle of an opioid crisis.
by Rebecca Hersher
Mar 15, 2017
2 minutes
Michael Botticelli served as President Obama's director of National Drug Control Policy, and pushed Congress to pass a funding measure last year making more money available for the treatment of opioid addiction.
Now he's concerned that the proposed Republican health plan will reduce access to health services for people with addiction.
"We know that people with addiction, and particularly in the opioid epidemic, need access to high quality
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