Addiction treatment patients scramble after 14 care centers close down amid fraud case
by JODI REED
NBC 10 NEWS
3 March 2023
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by JODI REED
NBC 10 NEWS
3 March 2023
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News Addiction treatment patients scramble after 14 care centers close down amid fraud case
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Jabberwocky
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I'm surprised this isn't more common. It's all a scam.
My recent rehab charged my insurance like $2000 for a simple drug test... a dip stick urine test that probably retails for $15.
My recent rehab charged my insurance like $2000 for a simple drug test... a dip stick urine test that probably retails for $15.
I agree. This is a huge problem. And not just for rehabs. My latest hospital bill was ridiculous. I looked at it itemized and they charged me like $200 for every dose of morphine. I was there for 5 weeks. It was 40 something bucks for my Benadryl they were giving me. It’s really absurd.I'm surprised this isn't more common. It's all a scam.
My recent rehab charged my insurance like $2000 for a simple drug test... a dip stick urine test that probably retails for $15.
I’ve especially heard of this fraudulent rehab shit happening in southeast Florida. I think Deerfield Beach is the center of it. But I’m sure it happens everywhere. A huge overhaul needs to be done to our healthcare/insurance industry.
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The entire thing is a scam.
www.pharmacompass.com
Given that methadone costs $526.60/Kg, explain how it costs a member of the public upwards of $210/week to receive treatment with methadone?
An entire GRAM of methadone only costs 52¢.
https://www.pharmacompass.com/price/buprenorphine so someone who gets 300mg/day is only buying $1 of the stuff per week!
Now I admit buprenorphine costs more:
www.pharmacompass.com
But if someone is getting 16mg/day then it's still only using $1/week of the stuff!!!
The drugs used in the treatment of opioid dependence are virtually FREE.
Long ago I considered using AH-7921 to treat opioid dependence. It's more potent than methadone but it only lasts for about 12 hours (in preventing withdrawal). So I even worked out unmanned dispensing. Dependent addicts would be given a secure card (like a credit card) and they feed the machine $1 and it dispenses the appropriate dose (10-80mg of AH-7921).
They can put credit onto the card or pay cash - it could even allow people a very limited amount of credit (say $5). That way people could pay much less and only for the drug they actually take.
I am suspicious that drug treatment centres have a vested interest in their being millions of people dependent on opioids. If the problem were ever solved, that would be them out of business.
Methadone | Price | per kg | USD | PharmaCompass.com
PharmaCompass' API Reference Price for Methadone determined using sample data obtained from Indian Trade (Import/Export). Original Data: Indian Custom Trade
Given that methadone costs $526.60/Kg, explain how it costs a member of the public upwards of $210/week to receive treatment with methadone?
An entire GRAM of methadone only costs 52¢.
https://www.pharmacompass.com/price/buprenorphine so someone who gets 300mg/day is only buying $1 of the stuff per week!
Now I admit buprenorphine costs more:
Buprenorphine | Price | per kg | USD | PharmaCompass.com
PharmaCompass' API Reference Price for Buprenorphine determined using sample data obtained from Indian Trade (Import/Export). Original Data: Indian Custom Trade
But if someone is getting 16mg/day then it's still only using $1/week of the stuff!!!
The drugs used in the treatment of opioid dependence are virtually FREE.
Long ago I considered using AH-7921 to treat opioid dependence. It's more potent than methadone but it only lasts for about 12 hours (in preventing withdrawal). So I even worked out unmanned dispensing. Dependent addicts would be given a secure card (like a credit card) and they feed the machine $1 and it dispenses the appropriate dose (10-80mg of AH-7921).
They can put credit onto the card or pay cash - it could even allow people a very limited amount of credit (say $5). That way people could pay much less and only for the drug they actually take.
I am suspicious that drug treatment centres have a vested interest in their being millions of people dependent on opioids. If the problem were ever solved, that would be them out of business.
Fertile
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Well at least Mr. Krinkle gets it....
I don't know what to say - would people LIKE a card that will let them stop being sick for $1 a pop?
Obviously a drugs service would need to know how to set your limit but an ATM like dispenser along with the cost would mean NOBODY would have to get sick.
I just found AH-921 totally stopped withdrawal but has no euphoric effects whatsoever... so we didn't sell it. We found U-47700 and THAT is euphoric so we sold it. But I quit because the boss sold it as powder whereas I wanted pills. When he told me (and my wife) that he had sent some to an 'ex heroin addict' who ODed on it he was totally unmoved. Me; I had a breakdown.
The WHOLE point was to make it all safe. So I quit, Hardly virtue signalling. I just never though my stuff would hurt anyone. Evidently it didn't bother him. That showed me we did not think the same.
I don't know what to say - would people LIKE a card that will let them stop being sick for $1 a pop?
Obviously a drugs service would need to know how to set your limit but an ATM like dispenser along with the cost would mean NOBODY would have to get sick.
I just found AH-921 totally stopped withdrawal but has no euphoric effects whatsoever... so we didn't sell it. We found U-47700 and THAT is euphoric so we sold it. But I quit because the boss sold it as powder whereas I wanted pills. When he told me (and my wife) that he had sent some to an 'ex heroin addict' who ODed on it he was totally unmoved. Me; I had a breakdown.
The WHOLE point was to make it all safe. So I quit, Hardly virtue signalling. I just never though my stuff would hurt anyone. Evidently it didn't bother him. That showed me we did not think the same.