Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today said Monday he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to use their power to discourage doctors from prescribing opioids.
“Georgians are witnessing firsthand the devastation that the opioid epidemic has wrought on our state and nation in terms of lives lost and the costs it has imposed on our healthcare system and the broader economy,” Carr said in a news release. “The Office of the Attorney General remains committed to using all tools at its disposal to combat this epidemic and to protect patients suffering from chronic pain as well as addiction. We look forward to this dialogue with the insurance industry, so that, working together, we can best determine solutions to combat this modern-day plague.”
