Addiction Treatment
Recent studies conclude health care costs are higher for families with a person who struggle with addiction problem than for other similar families. As the U.S. economy faces unsustainable escalations in health care costs, we need to ensure that needed substance use disorder treatment and recovery programs help reduce both health care expenditures and societal costs. While relieving enormous physical and psychological burdens placed on families, treatment can also diminish the huge financial consequences that substance abuse imposes on employers and taxpayers.
