Despite Concerted Efforts To Curb Opioid Crisis, Kentucky Overdose Deaths Rise 11.5 Percent In 2017

"We are in a crisis state," Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said. "While we are putting money at it and while we are drawing attention to it, until we start to truly address this and look at underlying causes of these things and what is leading to this it is not going to be addressed." Meanwhile, Medicare is pushing a new rule to reimburse hospitals more for non-opioid pain management drugs.

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