State Won't Cover Painkiller

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Pubdate: Sat, 21 Jul 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Section: National Briefing
Author: Carey Goldberg
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?186 (Oxycontin)

VERMONT: STATE WON'T COVER PAINKILLER

Gov. Howard Dean said a state welfare program would stop paying for 
prescriptions for the painkiller OxyContin. Governor Dean, a doctor, said 
that the drug had too much potential for abuse and that it had created a 
wave of pharmacy robberies. The decision to cut off OxyContin coverage 
affects about 70 people, and is the first such action by a state.

Carey Goldberg (NYT)
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