Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required?

Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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Documents show Irsay battled Rx drug abuse for decades
According to reports filed by the Associated Press at the time, Irsay sought substance abuse treatment at least three times, beginning in 1998. AP stories at the time also cited multiple sources who alleged that Irsay overdosed on prescription drugs in …
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Obamacare Puts Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs in Jeopardy
Emily Scheving and Dallas Redlin, both recovering from alcohol and heroin addictions, first entered in-patient treatment and are now in out-patient therapy. They attend meetings every week at their local Recovery Center. “Outpatient [therapy] keeps you …
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Rehab Favored In Vt. Drug Cases
… least 80 percent of participants conviction-free after a year. And with drug treatment costing roughly a tenth of incarceration costs, the savings are potentially in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Drug and alcohol treatment diversions are …
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