HHS says it won’t change rules on opioid treatments

Published May 12, 2017 8:43pm ET



Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s questioning of the benefits of medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse doesn’t signal a change in federal policy, the Trump administration said Friday.

Price raised concerns Tuesday during a West Virginia listening tour about opioid abuse when he questioned the benefits of addiction medications such as buprenorphine and methadone.

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