Cardinal Health, McKesson prevail in Georgia families’ opioid trial

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Cardinal Health, McKesson prevail in Georgia families’ opioid trial https://www.reuters.com/legal/cardinal-health-mckesson-prevail-georgia-families-opioid-trial-2023-03-01/ March 1 (Reuters) – Drug distributors Cardinal Health Inc (CAH.N), McKesson Corp (MCK.N) and JM Smith Corp on Wednesday prevailed at trial in Georgia in a case brought by families of opioid addicts accusing the companies of acting as drug dealers. A jury in Glynn […]

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Government agent’s fake testimony

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

what is the definition of police entrapment Police entrapment refers to a situation in which law enforcement officers use coercive or deceptive tactics to induce a person to commit a crime that they would not have otherwise committed. This may involve encouraging or enticing someone to engage in illegal activity, and then arresting them for […]

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Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/103306 Commonwealth Fund report: opaque, misaligned agent incentives influence enrollment choices Agents and brokers who sell Medicare plan coverage often steer their clients to a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan because it earns them a higher commission compared with a Medigap supplemental plan with traditional Medicare that […]

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Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance; Narcolepsy Drug Patent Games https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/103329 Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance Liberty HealthShare, a nonprofit known as a health care sharing ministry, billed itself as a religious alternative to Obamacare. […]

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Biden’s $125 billion investment in a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic and substance use disorders is paid for by raising taxes on the profits of pharmaceutical corporations

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Biden is going to stop the opioid crisis and the addiction problem… spending 12.5 billion/yr over the next TEN YEARS…  The war on drugs is currently costing us 100+ billion/yr. So Biden expects to succeed where FIVE DECADES and TWO + TRILLION spent has not only FAILED  but seemingly MADE THINGS WORSE ! Last year […]

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They are dropping like flies… but no one is really keeping stats

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

A fairly visible chronic pain advocate just re-posted a video she did abt four years ago about another chronic painer who had her pain management reduced, given the date on the video would suggest that happened sometime after the 2016 CDC guidelines published and the 2019 posted date on the video.  Apparently this pt over […]

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From Eugenics to Genocide

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

There has been all too many dictators/groups- over many centuries – that have targeted certain groups because they were deemed unequal, unholy or doesn’t “fit in” with what some believe is representative of what a particular societal population should be. Annually, there is a huge meeting in DAVOS, https://news.yahoo.com/davos-2023-key-takeaways-world-153551754.html where financially and politically important people […]

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Reportedly Kaiser has discharged all chronic pain pts unless cancer or palliative care

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Apparently by the date on this letter Kaiser JUMPED THE GUN on the CDC 2022 guidelines and they are referencing the MME system which has no science nor double blind clinical studies supporting its conclusions https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/03/01/true-story-morphine-milligram-equivalents-mme-16154 Looks like Kaiser is practicing medicine by COMMITTEE. I know that the Controlled Substance Act states that no one […]

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Canadian panel pushes assisted suicide for minors without parental consent

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Canadian panel pushes assisted suicide for minors without parental consent https://www.foxnews.com/media/canadian-panel-pushes-assisted-suicide-minors-parental-consent Canada’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying recommending allowing euthanasia for some minors Canada’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) recommended assisted suicide for minors without parental consent in mid-February. A 138-page Canadian Parliament document was shared online called, […]

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Walmart lawsuit against U.S. over opioids is dismissed

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

For those of you who keep talking about suing the Federal Government/DEA – here is how you can sue the government BUT YOU WILL NOT GET PAST FIRST BASE…  the federal government has this “wild card” that they can use to get any case dismissed they want to. It is called sovereign immunity and basically […]

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