PHARMACIST STEVE

https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/supreme-court-hearing-for-the-doctors-xiulu-ruan-md-and-shakeel-kahn-md/ https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/dea-policy-reversal-on-allowed-prescription-annotations-for-schedule-ii-prescriptions/ If you listened to the above video and heard the retired pharmacist/chronic pain pt stating that all of his correspondence with bureaucrats/politicians seems to have “fallen on deft ears”. Over 5 decades ago,  the feds/DEA declared that marijuana had NO VALID MEDICAL VALUE… yet 40 +/- states have legalized MJ in some form […]

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Meta, Hospitals Sued for Sharing Private Medical Info https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/100050 The analytics tool “Meta Pixel” allegedly collected and shared medical conditions to target ads Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.), the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, and Dignity Health Medical Foundation are being targeted by a class action lawsuit centered on an […]

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Things are getting interesting with the Fed AG office and President Biden and his use of Executive Orders to impose his beliefs on states and trying to override and invalidate the SCOTUS recently ruling on the states have the authority to determine the issues around abortion.  It appear that AG Garland in trying to apply […]

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Senator Manchin has tried a number of times to get a FEDERAL TAX ON PHARMA OPIATES and each time he has FAILED and WV just reached a settlement with the major drug wholesalers for 400 million dollars https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/west-virginia-reaches-400-million-settlement-opioid-distributors It is pathetic how they use the English Language…  they talk about less opiate Rxs and then […]

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One last trip: Gabriella Walsh’s decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-01/death-with-dignity-gabriella Rudy Sanzana, a friend of more than 30 years, hugs Gabriella Walsh one last time before she dies through medical aid on July 16 in Santa Paula. “I just feel like I’m going on a trip,” Gabriella […]

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If you view the utube video link at the end of this, what you will discover that this particular pain pt is dealing with a very rare painful disease. In the entire USA there could be upwards of 700 total pts dealing with these disease.  According to the video the only potential management for pts […]

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Arthritis Patients Are Being Denied Methotrexate Post-Dobbs. Are People With Cancer Next? https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2022/07/18/arthritis-patients-are-being-denied-methotrexate-post-roe-are-people-with-cancer-next/ After the U.S. Supreme court overruled Roe v Wade last month, ripples have been felt throughout U.S. healthcare, with doctors claiming that the new restrictions threaten lives. As part of this, in States where abortion is banned or now more severely restricted, […]

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when I first started working in a pharmacy – the summer of 1967 – there was no DEA, there were no PBM’s.  Nearly all the Rx meds were brand name and everyone pay CASH for their prescriptions. The average Rx price was in the $4.00 range. Of course, the Brand Name Pharmas did all the […]

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CVS siphoned millions from ‘safety net’ hospitals – New York lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/new-york-attorney-general-sues-cvs-health-violating-antitrust-laws-2022-07-28/ NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – New York on Thursday sued CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) for allegedly forcing hospitals that serve low-income patients to pay millions of dollars to access discounted prescription drugs, violating state antitrust law. In a lawsuit filed in state […]

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This appears to be another bill/law that Congress plans on passing, when they don’t understand what they are really dealing with.  All out pt meds are provided by Part D and/or Medicare-C (advantage).  Which are all FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANIES.  The Feds pay these companies a fixed $$/pt/month and the insurance company has got to […]

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