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Barriers keep heroin addicts from treatment access
New York AP reports rising heroin use outpaced by limited beds and high costs. Many addicts face denied admissions or insurance gaps, leaving patients like Salvatore Marchese to seek help only to relapse or die. Experts note most insurers won’t cover long inpatient care, averaging 11 to 14 days, while 30 days costs about 30,000 dollars. Public funding and nonprofit clinics strain under demand.
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New York
Salvatore Marchese
Marchese
Blackwood
N.J
Patty DiRenzo
Federal
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Anthony Rizzuto
Seafield Center
Long Island
Rizzuto
Susan Pisano
America
Health Insur
Ance
Tom McLellan
Treatment Research Institute
Philadelphia
Barack Obama
McLellan
Elizabeth Thompson
Florida
Thompson
Drug Policy Alliance
New Jersey