Should Addiction Treatment Be Covered The Same Way as Heart Disease Treatment? Addiction RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthJuly 18, 2011It’s time to stop talking out of both sides of our mouth. Drug addiction is now recognized as a chronic medical disease just as heart disease and diabetes and cancer are chronic medical diseases. In that sense, addiction is a traditional disease. It should be covered the same way. That’s not the case today, however.…
