Trump's opioid priority still lacks congressional funding

Every 25 minutes an infant is born to an opioid-addicted mother, and that's when the intense care starts. The average hospital bill to Medicaid in Missouri is about $63,000 per birth of a child with so-called neonatal abstinence syndrome.

These babies may experience difficulty eating and breathing, rapid weight loss and sometimes seizures; on average, they stay in the hospital for three weeks after birth. 

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