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Life-saving opioid treatment out of reach for uninsured
Soaring prices for the life-saving opioid treatment naloxone are keeping out it out of the hands of uninsured Americans, even as the cost has dropped for those with medical insurance.  A study released Friday by the RAND Corporation found that the average out-of-pocket cost of naloxone for uninsured patients has increased by 500 percent from 2014 to 2018. Yet for those with insurance, the cost decreased by 26 percent.   The average out-of-pocket cost among those without insurance jumped from $27 in 2014 to $250 in 2018, the study found.  Around one-fifth of Americans with opioid-use disorder do not have medical insurance.  “The price of naloxone is almost certainly an impediment

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