Opioid crisis


 * https://www.facebook.com/AtulGawandeOfficial/posts/1678892518795673?comment_id=1679064372111821&reply_comment_id=1679530692065189&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D

Outpatient medication-assisted therapy with buprenorphine -- best clinical efficacy (*and* most cost-effective). Regulatory, structural and perceptual barriers have historically crippled patient access in the US. For instance, we've limited the number of patients any provider can treat under this modality; docs can prescribe infinite painkillers, but only treat between 30 and 275 patients for addiction (!?) The decision to relax regulations around telehealth, assuming it's not merely lip service, is one of the few important victories in the crisis declaration.


 * https://murphy.house.gov/opioid-and-drug-addiction-crisis/framework-for-a-national-strategy-to-combat-the-opioid-crisis-in-america/