A little context please

~ Jason Schwartz
Insite would save $14 million over 10 years. I don’t doubt it. And, as I’ve said before, Vancouver’s HIV rates call for radical action. However, if RAND’s previous calculations are correct, 10 years of Insite’s budget* spent on treatment would result in $175 million dollars in savings. If they were advocating both/and, the discussion might be a little different.

* Assumes a $2.5 million annual budget. I’ve seen references to $2 million and $3 million, so I split the difference.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.