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Phil Scott: “We see two Vermonters die from a drug overdose every week.”

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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis

Published February 6, 2018 | Video Starts at 03:15

We have made a lot of progress in Vermont, much of it with support from you and our federal partners. Although today I approach you humbly because we have not yet solved this problem. Even with our small population. We see two Vermonters die from a drug overdose every week. And nearly every day a baby is born exposed to opioids, something I've highlighted as one of Vermont's biggest challenges. (03:15–03:20)

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“Nearly every day a baby is born exposed to opioids.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 03:20-03:25
“Vermont's rate of overdose deaths is the lowest in New England.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 03:36-03:40
“We still lost 106 people in 2016 and 2017 looks like it will be similar.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 03:36-03:46
“We have focused on what I refer to as the four legs of the stool: Prevention, recovery, treatment and enforcement.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 04:03-04:08
“On my first day in office, I established by executive order the Opioid Coordination Council.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 04:11-04:18
“The state implemented strict prescriber rules around pain management in a prescription monitoring system.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 04:46-04:54
“We still prescribe three times as much as we did in 1999.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 04:59-05:05
“Vermont has also made Narcan widely available to first responders, law enforcement, people with addiction, and family members.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 05:05-05:14
“Vermont operates a medication-assisted treatment, or MAT system called hub and spoke.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 05:45-06:02
“I have sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services asking that CMS work with Vermont and engage Medicare in Vermont's hub…”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 06:57-07:07
“We need to make sure that SBIRT is fully supported within the billing system so Vermont can sustain and expand this important work.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 07:12-07:21
“We ask you to consider giving states relief from the IMD exclusion, which prohibits using Medicaid funds in mental health or treatment…”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 07:22-07:34
“Our small state could benefit tremendously from nationally supported research in the areas of alternative pain treatment and from expanded…”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's testimony on the opioid crisis | Uploaded February 6, 2018 | 07:34-07:47