{"id":22833,"date":"2024-05-13T09:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22833"},"modified":"2024-05-13T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:48:36","slug":"congress-close-medicares-dangerous-gaps-in-coverage-for-addiction-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22833","title":{"rendered":"Congress: Close Medicare\u2019s dangerous gaps in coverage for addiction treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many people immediately picture young adults when thinking about the current addiction and overdose epidemic, this crisis is affecting all generations. In fact, more than 7 million older Americans struggle with substance use disorders. Opioid use disorder, in particular, has skyrocketed among Medicare beneficiaries, with opioid overdose death rates rising higher among people 65 and older than in any other age group.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/05\/13\/medicare-dangerous-gaps-addiction-treatment-coverage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/05\/13\/medicare-dangerous-gaps-addiction-treatment-coverage\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"24\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels for STAT) While many people immediately picture young adults when thinking about the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,32,12,6,48,60],"tags":[80,61,91,94,952,597],"class_list":["post-22833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-cms","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-general","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-substance-abuse","tag-cms","tag-medicare","tag-mental-health","tag-older-adults","tag-opioid-use-disorder","tag-substance-abuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22834,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833\/revisions\/22834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}