NC to Face Big Jump in Demand for Addiction Care

NC to face big jump in demand for addiction care

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Drug and alcoholism addiction specialists are bracing for a coming change in the federal health care overhaul law that will mean a big increase in insurers paying for treatment. New figures from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental …
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More SD addicts will be eligible for treatment

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The addition of insurance coverage will just help pay for those substance abuse treatments, Iverson Pollreisz said. "We don't anticipate that it will swamp the system," Iverson Pollreisz. South Dakota has 57 accredited providers of substance abuse …
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Calif. attorney general seeks drug database funds

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The state's prescription drug database allows doctors and pharmacists to quickly review patients' substance history as a way to deter drug abuse and to make sure patients aren't taking harmful combinations of drugs. Harris wants money to maintain and …
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Dallas Season 2, Finale Recap (4/15/13)

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He tells Chris that he met her twenty-plus years ago down in Houston after her car accident and that Cliff tried to get her to return to her family in Dallas but she refused returning to the poisonous Barnes-Ewing feud. She and … Roy faces twenty for …
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