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EXCLUSIVE: Donuts, cereal and pizza should be redefined as DRUGS: Scientists say highly processed foods are just as addictive and harmful as CIGARETTES https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11413339/Donuts-chips-pizza-redefined-DRUGS-scientist-say.html Processed foods are as addictive and dangerous as cigarettes, experts say Researchers say the products meet the same addiction standards as nicotine  The foods have been linked to obesity, diabetes, heart […]

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Jessica Spayd, ANP https://doctorsofcourage.org/jessica-spayd/ In early October 2019 my life changed forever. The woman I love was ripped from my life by an overzealous and unscrupulous Federal Government. I was not alone in my loss. Her 9-year old son lost his mother, her father lost his daughter, countless others lost a friend they cherished and […]

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I got a phone call this week, a pt that has a Part D program, that is owned by a FOR PROFIT CORPORATION… that just owns about 10,000 community pharmacies, PBM Caremark, Aetna  Insurance and Silver Scripts Part D. I would label this pt as a high acuity, intractable chronic pain pt with two very […]

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Could such a technology help healthcare make sure that who we are dealing with … is really who they say they are ?  Healthcare would really not a charge card for ID..  Just who ever they say they are when they originally sign up for the system … their palm print will bring that name […]

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Just a few days ago I made this post  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/cvs-health-is-standing-up-to-protect-their-own-profits-using-a-smoke-screen-and-accusing-others-of-profiteering/ Where the PBM CAREMARK – owned by CVS HEALTH – “By inserting themselves in the state’s process of selecting a firm to manage prescription drug coverage for the Office of Group Benefits, special interest groups representing Louisiana’s independent pharmacists attempted to line their own pockets […]

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Fear, Loathing, and Fentanyl Misinformation https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/101577 Misleading fentanyl narratives are pervasive and cause very real harm “‘Think about this,’ (East Liverpool Ohio Chief of Police) Lane told ‘Inside Edition.’ ‘Nobody sees (fentanyl) on his shirt. He leaves and goes home, takes off that shirt, throws it in the wash. His mom, his wife, his girlfriend […]

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I have often posted over the years, that forcing a pt to get ESI injections was a violation of part of the Sherman Antitrust Act, called Tying Commerce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)      Basically, it is illegal to force someone to purchase something they don’t want in order to be able to buy something that they do want.  Also, […]

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Senate Report Decries Medicare Advantage Plan Marketing Deception https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101583FF Frustrated, confused, embarrassed enrollees often delay care after being “scammed,” report notes Widespread Medicare Advantage (MA) marketing scams and deception often result in beneficiaries getting switched — without their knowledge or consent — to plans that don’t cover their providers or their needs, according to a […]

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The last few years that I worked as a pharmacist, I worked as a temp pharmacist and one of the locations that I worked at, was one of Omnicare’s LTC pharmacies. When I had my own independent pharmacy, we serviced nursing homes.  I left working as a pharmacist before CVS bought Omnicare.  I worked a […]

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