Washington, July 6 -- Congressman David Valadao issued the following press release:
Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) joined Reps. Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Carol Miller (WV-01), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) to reintroduce the Residential Recovery for Seniors Act. This bipartisan bill would help lower the rate of drug overdoses among older adults by authorizing residential and in-patient treatment of opioid-use disorder under Medicare.
"Substance use disorder can affect anyone, and over the last two decades, overdose deaths among older Americans have increased at an alarming rate," said Congressman Valadao. "While Medicaid covers residential addiction treatment, too many seniors who rely on Medicare are left without access to these critical ser...