{"id":2772,"date":"2016-05-03T09:03:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T13:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T13:04:20","slug":"opioid-epidemic-fueling-hospitalizations-hospital-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2772","title":{"rendered":"Opioid Epidemic Fueling Hospitalizations, Hospital Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Every day, headlines detail the casualties of the nation\u2019s surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse: the funerals<\/a>, the broken families<\/a> and the patients cycling in and out<\/a> of treatment. Now, a new study sheds light on another repercussion \u2014 how this public health problem is adding to the nation\u2019s ballooning health care costs<\/a> and who\u2019s shouldering that burden.<\/p>\n

The research<\/a> comes as policymakers grapple with how to curb the increased abuse of these drugs, known as opioids. State legislators in New York<\/a>, Connecticut<\/a>, Alaska<\/a> and Pennsylvania<\/a> have tried to take action by adding new resources to boost prevention and treatment. In addition, President Barack Obama laid out strategies<\/a> last month intended to improve how the health system deals with addiction. Read article here….<\/a><\/p>\n

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