Medicare drug program covers methadone only when prescribed for pain not for addiction treatment

Older Americans with Medicare drug coverage who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won’t cover: methadone. Experts say, methadone is the oldest and the most effective of the three approved medications used to treat opioid addiction; however, the Medicare drug program only covers methadone when prescribed for pain. Read article here…

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