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State Facts

175

Deaths, or 84.5% of total overdose deaths involved opioids in 2024.¹

98,880

Claims, or 3.48% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2022 – an average of 35 per prescriber.²

27.9

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

2,431

Beneficiaries on Medicare Part D had Opioid Use Disorder in 2022.⁴

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$120,758,607.44
State Spending Recommendation

Vermont’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee publishes recommendations for fiscal year 2026, suggesting funding for including outreach and case management, the Burlington overdose prevention center, recovery residences, syringe service programs, and contingency management.

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.

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083

3. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html

4. Office of the Inspector General (2023). The Consistently Low Percentage of Medicare Enrollees Receiving Medication to Treat Their Opioid Use Disorder Remains a Concern. https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/evaluation/2722/OEI-02-23-00250-Complete%20Report.pdf