| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Protests as Cuomo Blocks Addiction Meds Access for Poor New Yorkers
USA. Protests as Cuomo Blocks Addiction Meds Access for Poor New Yorkers
Late on January 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a last-minute veto on a bill that would have ended barriers for low-income New Yorkers to access Medicaid-insured medication-assisted treatment (MAT)—with the potential to save hundreds of lives and millions of dollars every year. At the same time, he signed into law a version of the bill that ended MAT’s pre-authorization for private insurance. (Filter, USA, 06.01.2020)