Senate Health Care Bill Guts Addiction Treatment, Barely Mentions Drug Crisis
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The health care bill unveiled by Republicans in the U.S. Senate Thursday guts funding for drug and addiction treatment while mentioning the opioid crisis only once. The legislation allocates only $2 billion to fight drug addiction across the U.S. in fiscal year 2018, much less than some…