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Biden Takes Heat For Killing Trump’s Opioid-Treatment Prescription Plan Praised By Doctors

Trump’s Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Brett Giroir warned the Biden reversal "will cost thousands of lives."

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Biden Takes Heat For Killing Trump’s Opioid-Treatment Prescription Plan Praised By Doctors
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President Joe Biden last week killed a plan from the Trump administration to allow more physicians to prescribe an opioid-treatment drug.

The move from the Trump administration was widely praised by both physicians and lawmakers, and came on the heels of another spike in opioid-related deaths during the pandemic. Criticizing the Biden administration on the reversal, Trump’s Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Brett Giroir warned the move “will cost thousands of lives.”

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