Peter Roskam: ‘Big plan’ on opioids is a ‘pipe dream’

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House Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., said it would be a “pipe dream” for Congress to pass a wide-ranging bill aimed at tackling the opioid epidemic, instead encouraging incremental steps.

“If we are chasing the ‘big plan,’ it’s a pipe dream,” the Illinois Republican said Monday, speaking at the policy conference for the Federation of American Hospitals. He added that Congress must “take a number of steps,” allowing them to evaluate which approaches have worked.

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