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Beshear Joins AGs in Urging Insurers to Review Policies in Opioid Fight

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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is joining attorneys general from 34 other states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia urging health insurers to review policies in the fight against opioids.

The group is calling on insurance companies to review pain management treatment policies to spark higher use of alternatives to opioid prescriptions.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced the bipartisan coalition today (Monday). Morrisey says in a release that the coalition wants health insurers to avoid contributing unintentionally to the deadly problem.

West Virginia has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States at 41.5 per 100,000 residents - more than twice the national average.

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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