In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen defended a controversial proposal to taper Medicaid patients off opioids, setting off a Twitter firestorm. “Patients deserve safe, effective choices to relieve pain — not just a pill,” Allen wrote. “Evidence is insufficient to determine the effectiveness of long-term opioid therapy for improving chronic pain and function.” Allen’s letter, published Tuesday, came in response to an op-ed piece attacking…
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OHA’s Allen defends opioid controversial opioid tapering proposal
