Pennsylvania | NonOpioidChoices

State Facts

1,336

Deaths, or 61.3% of all overdose deaths in 2025 involved opioids.¹

2.4 Million

Claims, or 3% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 38 per prescriber.²

36.4

Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Pennsylvania in 2023.³

$232 Billion

the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) to the state in 2024.⁴

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$2,010,768,526.95

State Spending Recommendation

National approved use: providing support for non-opioid pain treatment alternatives, including training providers to offer or refer to multi-modal, evidence-informed treatment of pain.

Member & Endorser Footprint

Voices is backed by a broad coalition of organizations across the state united by a shared goal: ensuring patients have access to safe, effective,  and individualized pain management throughout the continuum of care.

Co-Sponsors (119th)

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)

Rep. GT Thompson (R-PA-15)

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-08)

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01)

Rep. John Joyce (R-PA-13)

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-07)

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04)

1. Pennsylvania Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention (2025). Drug Overdose Surveillance Interactive Data Report. https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/pennsylvania.pdmp/viz/PennsylvaniaODSMPDrugOverdoseSurveillanceInteractiveDataReport/Contents

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f1051d23738c4980a08002bf301f7d8a

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html

4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf