Embattled California addiction treatment empire countersues Aetna in $40 million tug-of-war
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/03/embattled-addiction-treatment-empire-countersues-aetna-in-40-million-tug-of-war/
Nathan Young and his addiction treatment empire have mounted a full-throated defense of how they do business, turning the tables on Aetna — their accuser — by asserting that the insurance giant greedily endangers addicts’ lives by cutting treatment short.
“In addiction treatment, more is generally better,” the counterclaim by Young and associates filed on Thanksgiving eve said. “Decades of research point to longer treatment as the number one predictor of a successful addiction treatment outcome.