Vt. addiction experts: Cuts could make treatment more costly

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Some Vermont experts on treating people with addictions say cuts in what the state pays addiction centers for patient detoxification could end up costing more by landing those people in general hospitals.

The heads of the residential rehabilitation centers Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill, Valley Vista in Bradford and Serenity House in Wallingford testified before Vermont lawmakers in Montpelier.

William Young, of Maple Leaf Farm, says state budget cutbacks could force an end to his medical detoxification program, sending more patients to hospitals.

Young says hospital treatment is much more expensive and often less effective than treatment at addiction centers.

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