PHARMACIST STEVE

Independence Day and Independents Day THE FUTURE OF PHARMACY: THE SUICIDE OF OUR ONCE-NOBLE PROFESSION – UNLESS THERE IS A REVOLUTION! http://pharmacistactivist.com/2022/July_2022.shtml I had initially intended to include three briefer editorial commentaries in this July issue on the topics of the importance of independent pharmacies, more errors and terrible working conditions in chain pharmacies, and […]

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Would You Like Shots With That? Potential Netflix Documentary on Under staffing in Retail Pharmacy

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Opioids In Good Faith: Dr. Jay Joshi Weighs In On The Supreme Court Decision On Opioid Prescribing https://youarewithinthenorms.com/2022/07/18/opioids-in-good-faith-dr-jay-joshi-weighs-in-on-the-supreme-court-decision-on-opioid-prescribing/ REPUBLISHED AND REPORTED BY (COPY PASTE) NORMAN J CLEMENT RPH., DDS, NORMAN L.CLEMENT PHARM-TECH, MALACHI F. MACKANDAL PHARMD, BELINDA BROWN-PARKER, IN THE SPIRIT OF JOSEPH SOLVO ESQ., INC.T. SPIRIT OF REV. C.T. VIVIAN, JELANI ZIMBABWE CLEMENT, BS., […]

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Fauci Makes Surprising Concession Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-makes-surprising-concession-regarding-covid-19-vaccines_4595318.html White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci conceded Wednesday morning that COVID-19 vaccines don’t protect “overly well” against the virus. Speaking during a Fox News interview, Fauci told host Neil Cavuto that “one of the things that’s clear from the data [is] that … vaccines—because of the high […]

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Medicare Advantage Tied to Less Use of Pricey Diabetes Drugs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/977181 US Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes who had health coverage through a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan received treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly less often than patients with traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare coverage in 2014-2019, according to a study […]

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U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren’t ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say ‘People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.’ https://www.commonsense.news/p/us-public-health-agencies-arent-following The calls and text messages are relentless. On the other end are doctors and scientists at the top levels of the NIH, FDA and CDC. They are variously frustrated, exasperated and alarmed about the […]

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Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/07/15/supreme-court-tells-cops-stop-playing-doctor-16434 A unanimous Supreme Court decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions. Drs. Jeffrey Singer and Josh Bloom in Reason Magazine. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons No one witnessing a burglary in progress would call 911 and ask for a doctor. […]

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Express Scripts Sued by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Over ‘Claw Backs’ https://www.aidshealth.org/2022/07/express-scripts-sued-by-ahf-over-claw-backs/ Sweeping federal lawsuit, asserting 14 claims of violations of law in nine U.S. states where AHF operates pharmacies, was filed in federal court in St. Louis, MO  AHF asserts Express Scripts, a huge pharmacy benefits manager, manipulates loophole in Medicare “Star Ratings” system […]

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