[Pharmwaste] "The White House punted to Congress on opioids funding. Congress doesn’t have a plan"

[Ed Gottlieb]

The White House punted to Congress on opioids funding. Congress doesn’t have a plan

"Key House leaders are not formally discussing a major bill to accompany the president’s emergency declaration, even as they discuss other priorities for a year-end spending package.

And there’s no pressure coming from the White House: While the administration has pointed to vague, Senate-inspired plans<https://www.statnews.com/2017/06/22/senate-health-care-opioids/>3 to dedicate $45 billion over a decade to the crisis, it has not spelled out where that money would come from or exactly how it would be spent. Nor has the administration put in an explicit request to Congress."



Sure sounds like all talk, no action.



https://www.statnews.com/2017/11/09/opioid-funding-congress/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=2fd4239d0c-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-2fd4239d0c-149620549



Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-8381
fax: (607) 273-8433
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