06/21/2021
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"VA doctors are prescribing more opiates than ever and the data suggests adoption of the directive varies widely."
"Because we cannot with certainty believe that it is being executed by those guidelines, which means you cannot stick a different person with the same pen."
"Even with all of these issues being publicly reported or included in the reports by the IG, this Committee has yet to hold a single oversight hearing on the quality of care veterans are receiving at t..."
"Can you envision, any of you from the VA, that it would be appropriate to prescribe an opiate to somebody who, in their medical records, has an opiate addiction?"