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Team makes breakthrough toward developing blood test for pain https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-team-breakthrough-blood-pain.html Alexander B. Niculescu, MD, PhD. Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine A breakthrough test developed by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to measure pain in patients could help stem the tide of the opioid crisis in Indiana, and throughout the rest of the nation. […]
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https://youtu.be/VrTbpHJucYM Why does America feel as if we are trapped in a time warp to Nazi-held Germany 1939? An American Holocaust and no one cares until it hits them in the face or happens to a loved one. TWELVE HEROES in TWELVE STATES are fighting for your freedoms & Constitutional Rights with #Starburst lawsuit filed […]
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Tell Congress: Americans have a right to timely access to treatment! https://fixpriorauth.org/take-action Have you ever gone to the pharmacy to fill a prescription only to be told that your insurance company requires approval before they’ll cover your treatment? Have you ever waited for days, weeks, or months for a test or medical procedure to be […]
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How an insurance company auditor tried to destroy a physician’s career www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/02/how-an-insurance-company-auditor-tried-to-destroy-a-physicians-career.html shots. As a pediatrician in private practice for almost two decades, I’ve seen insurance companies transform into perhaps the single most powerful player in today’s health care landscape — final arbiters whose decisions about which procedures or medications to authorize effectively end up […]
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DEA teaches agents to recreate evidence chains to hide methods https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2014/feb/03/dea-parallel-construction-guides/ Trainers justify parallel construction on national security and PR grounds: “Americans don’t like it” Drug Enforcement Administration training documents released to MuckRock user C.J. Ciaramella show how the agency constructs two chains of evidence to hide surveillance programs from defense teams, prosecutors, and a […]
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Fentanyl Case Shows China’s Scary Ability to Adapt www.insightcrime.org/investigations/china-fentanyl-production-adaptability/ In October 2017, two Chinese men—Xiaobing Yan and Jian Zhang—were indicted for conspiring to manufacture and distribute “large quantities” of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in the United States. Although they used multiple names and company identities over a period of six years, investigators were able to trace […]
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There is a lot of talk about “Medicare for all”… but they seem to be talking about is Medicaid for all… because they seem to be inferring that what they are talking about is national health insurance paying from FIRST DOLLAR… Medicare now… only Part A has no premiums but has a $1200- $1400 deductible […]
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Veteran. On opiates for 10 years. 50% cut. Sick As Hell. Language alert. Is this the type of healthcare we can expect… if we get Medicare for all… and HHS/CMS is in control
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Largest Chronic Pain Patient Survey Is Still Looking For Your Opinion www.nationalpainreport.com/largest-chronic-pain-patient-survey-is-still-looking-for-your-opinion-8838724.html What is believed to be the largest-ever patient survey on chronic pain is being kept open. Over 3,000 chronic pain patients and loved ones have filled it out in the last year. “There’s nothing like it out there,” said Terri Lewis, Ph.D., who […]
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