The High Water For Opioid Crisis Keeps Rising

Last month, President Trump made the long awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic was a public health emergency (see Remarks by President Trump on Combatting Drug Demand and the Opioid Crisis)—but right now that declaration is mostly symbolic, with no direct action yet taken at the federal level.

But since that declaration, we've seen big policy movement from the insurance companies. Sixteen health insurers, responsible for a combined 248 million consumers, recently announced that they are adopting eight National Principles of Care for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment, as developed by the non-profit, Shatterproof (see Insurers: Addiction . . .