Cuomo Cuts Funding for Addiction Treatment
Geneva, NY, United States / Finger Lakes Daily News
Steve Penstone
Jul 13, 2020 6:29 AM
The Cuomo administration quietly last week told municipalities it’s cutting payments for drug and alcohol recovery programs by nearly a third.
Multiple reports say treatment providers were given no notice or explanation for the timing of the 31% cut in payments made on Thursday and Friday.
As the state’s economy tanked due to the Cuomo mandated shutdown, the Governor warned in April he would cut more than $8 Billion in state aid for health and mental health services and education.
Of course. it's part of the (D) plan.
Top Trump administration officials say drug overdose deaths are surging amid the coronavirus pandemic, driven by increased substance use due to anxiety, social isolation and depression.
A White House drug policy office analysis shows an 11.4 percent year-over-year increase in fatalities for the first four months of 2020, confirming experts’ early fears that precautions like quarantines and lockdowns combined with economic uncertainty would exacerbate the addiction crisis.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/pandemic-unleashes-a-spike-in-overdose-deaths-345183
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/09/coronavirus-pandemic-us-opioids-crisis