The move is part of the health insurer’s plan to cut opioid use among its customers by 25 percent by 2019. (Photo: Shutterstock)

In the latest move to curb the nation’s opioid crisis, health insurer Cigna Corp. has announced it will stop covering prescriptions for OxyContin, a prescription opioid that has a high risk of addiction.

“Our focus is on helping customers get the most value from their medications – this means obtaining effective pain relief while also guarding against opioid misuse,” Jon Maesner, Cigna’s chief pharmacy officer, said in a press release. “We continually evaluate the clinical effectiveness, affordability, and safety of all our covered medications as these characteristics can change over time, and we make adjustments that we believe will provide better overall value for those we serve.”

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