Advocates for substance-abuse treatment are hoping to protect the insurance coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act by lobbying Republican legislators in states hit hard by the opioid addiction crisis. The advocacy groups aim to “start educating legislators” on how a repeal of the ACA, without a replacement plan to preserve coverage, would undermine efforts to address a public-health crisis that has become a major campaign...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 13, 2017 14:00 UTC