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Bipartisan bill aims to authorize residential OUD treatment for seniors under Medicare, suggesting improved access.
Seniors on Medicare do not get residential treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) covered. Medicaid does cover residential addiction treatment, but once patients on Medicaid turn 65, they lose that coverage. Now a bipartisan bill would authorize residential and inpatient treatment for OUD under Medicare.
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