Harvard Pilgrim is industry leader in eliminating co-pays for life-saving drug

WELLESLEY, Mass. — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, one of the companies offering health insurance in New Hampshire, has lead the way in the fight against opioid addiction by choosing not to charge co-pays for naloxone for more than three years. Naloxone can save lives during an overdose by blocking the effects of opioids.

Harvard Pilgrim began covering naloxone syringe with no co-pays in 2014. The syringe uses a nasal adaptor to allow nasal administration of the life-saving drug. Narcan Nasal Spray, a newer product, became available in February of 2016 and Harvard Pilgrim immediately began covering it with no co-pays.