Roskam's response to opioid epidemic? Less treatment for addicts

One of the cruelest aspects of my Congressman Peter Roskam's quest to toss 23 million off the health care rolls is the devastating effect it will have on skyrocketing drug deaths. 59,000 died from drug overdoses last year with the increase over the previous year the largest ever recorded, spiked largely by new and powerful opioids. Drug deaths are now top killer of persons under 50. But the number would be even higher had not the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began covering nearly three million addicts under the ACA's Medicaid expansion. Roskam looked at those numbers, listened to his president and Republican leadership which demanded we gut the ACA to refund much of its cost to the wealthiest Americans, and voted YES to repeal, stating to me and his other 730,000 constituents: “In stark contrast to Obamacare, the American Health Care Act empowers individuals and families by equipping them with the resources to make the best health care decisions for themselves. We’re getting rid of Obamacare’s draconian taxes and mandates"

That makes me wonder...what kind of resources does Roskam's American Health Care Act provide opioid abusers tossed off Medicaid by possibly the cruelest piece of legislation introduced in my 73 years? Maybe it has a provision for such hapless souls to write the government to send them a recorded message of Nancy Reagan imploring them to "JUST SAY NO".