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AUSA WAYNE F. PRATT, SMASHED TO THE GROUND BY RON CHAPMAN OF CHAPMAN LAW FIRM AND ATTY’S GEORGE DONNINI AND JOSEPH RICHOTTE: “POMPY FOUND NOT GUILTY !!” SO SAY WE ALL !!! https://youarewithinthenorms.com/2023/01/04/ausa-wayne-f-pratt-smashed-to-the-ground-by-ron-chapman-of-chapman-law-firm-and-attys-george-donnini-and-joseph-richotte-pompy-found-not-guilty-so-say-we-all/ VICTORY FOR LESLY POMPY MD NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!! Since becoming fraud unit chief in 2010, the federal officials have successfully […]

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50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework -3.1 billion the settling of these lawsuits Walgreen & CVS agreed to a 10 BILLION settlement paid out over 10-15 yrs and Walmart agreed to a 3.1 BILLION settlement. part of Walmart’s agreement: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/11/15/walmart-announces-nationwide-opioid-settlement-framework Walmart has adopted many approaches to fighting the opioid crisis, such as: […]

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Congress Made It Easier to Treat Addiction, but Harder to Treat Pain https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/12/28/congress-made-it-easier-treat-addiction-harder-treat-pain-16767 The war on pain patients and the doctors who treat them continues, the latest volley being fired by Congress. Cato Institute’s Dr. Jeffrey Singer tells us about how the DEA, with the backing of lawmakers, is able to continue its ridiculous campaign […]

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Three police officers showed up at Hays Medical Center to seize the 69-year-old vape and THC paste https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-news/kansas-police-raid-hospital-room-of-terminally-ill-patient/ HAYS, Kan. — Police cited a terminally ill Kansas man at the hospital because he allegedly used a weed vape and THC paste to ease the symptoms of the cancer that will kill him within weeks. On […]

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50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/business/walmart-opioid-settlement/index.html   Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month. In November, the retailer announced a settlement from multiple states’ attorneys general that accused the company of failing to regulate […]

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California wants to revoke a CVS mail-order license for illegally filling opioid and ADHD prescriptions https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/12/21/cvs-adhd-opioids-california-prescriptions/ The California Board of Pharmacy has filed a complaint accusing CVS Caremark of neglecting red flags that should have given the PBM and mail-order pharmacy “reason to know or suspect that numerous controlled substances … were not issued for […]

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Look alive as hospitals close and cut services, lawmakers urge HHS https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/look-alive-as-hospitals-close-and-cut-services-lawmakers-urge-hhs.html Hospital closures, service reductions, mergers and acquisitions are creating a bed shortage and impeding patients’ access to timely care, a group of Massachusetts lawmakers contend in a letter to HHS that requests information from the agency on its part in monitoring or interfering […]

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How to Help Prevent Flu and RSV? You Might Not like the Answer https://www.doximity.com/articles/4dae41d9-5fb8-445f-81b7-1867349286b7 As respiratory viruses surge across the country, a number of public-health officials and doctors are encouraging masking to protect against flu and RSV, in addition to Covid-19. Whether masks are enough—and whether people are willing to wear them after the country […]

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Is Congress trying to tell everyone that they had better start increasing their retirement contributions? The last of the Baby Boomers will be entitled to full SS benefits in 2031, when they turn 67 y/o. It is estimated that SS will “run out of money” is in 2035..https://money.com/social-security-run-out-date/.  SS will not necessarily “go broke” SS […]

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The DEA claims that they don’t practice medicine, but… they established what they believe is a standard of care and best practices for practitioners to follow and if anyone exceeds those dosing mgs/limits must be prescribing controlled substances ILLEGALLY.  Of course, the SCOTUS in June 2022, with a 9-0 vote on the Ruan/Kahn hearing that […]

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