Oregon Medicaid program could cut off chronic pain patients from opioids - STAT

Oregon Medicaid program could cut off chronic pain patients from opioids - STAT

Tapered to zero: In radical move, Oregon’s Medicaid program weighs cutting off chronic pain patients from opioids

By LEV FACHER

NATALIE BEHRING FOR STAT

Officials are considering a first-in-the-nation proposal that would end coverage for opioids for chronic pain patients enrolled in Oregon’s Medicaid program

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