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The Battle for America’s Prescription Drug System https://puttrx.medium.com/the-battle-for-americas-prescription-drug-system-4694e2195b71 Prescription drug cost is one of the few issues everyone can agree needs addressing, yet very few politicians seem able to abandon party-line rhetoric to confront the issue. Wealthy corporate campaign donations are now overriding basic common sense when it comes to reining in obvious systemic problems. […]
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Investigate Long Wait Times and Closures at Chain Pharmacies https://resist.bot/petitions/pfdppx In these unprecedented times, I ask you to immediately investigate closure decisions by corporate chain pharmacies, leading to long wait times and poor patient care. This directly and urgently impacts the health of my family and me. In the midst of a global pandemic, we […]
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PBM collateral damage: Veneta’s only pharmacy closes https://www.klcc.org/2022-01-28/venetas-only-pharmacy-closes Veneta’s only pharmacy closed on January 5th, leaving the township of over 5,000 without a convenient way to fill their prescriptions. 91-year-old Derek Humphry has nine prescriptions he needs to fill regularly, including heart medication. He’s been a resident of Veneta for 32 years. Last year, when […]
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good ole opiophobic Ohio: Doctors office in Niles closed due to FBI raid https://www.wfmj.com/story/45743467/niles-fbi-raid A doctor’s office in Niles is closed after the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a raid of its offices. Internal Medicine Dr. Jeffery Sutton’s office has a sign on the door notifying patients that the office is closed due to a […]
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This appears to be a DISASTER IN THE MAKING… we have bureaucrats ( Philadelphia health officials ) that are going to make determination as to what is “OVER-PRESCRIBING OF OPIATES ” based on some pretty much RAW DATA. What if those prescribers that they are already targeting – very small number of physicians in the […]
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Georgia Pharmacy Association t1cp2mg0nm349hs96mag52c · House Chairman and physician Mark Newton introduced HB 867, which requires PBMs to calculate patient cost sharing for prescription drugs based on true costs to plans, by taking into account rebates PBMs receive from pharmaceutical manufacturers. PBMs are in opposition to this legislation and trying to point the finger at […]
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Political Science: DeSantis SLAMS Biden’s FDA for Abruptly Closing Florida’s ‘Lifesaving’ Treatment Sites ? https://www.toddstarnes.com/politics/desantis-fda-biden-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-sites/ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is demanding the Biden administration reverse its “sudden and reckless” decision to pull Emergency Use Authorizations for monoclonal antibody treatments. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cut off Florida’s monoclonal antibody treatment sites Monday, citing […]
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Hospital Removes Man from Transplant List Over Vaxx Status https://www.toddstarnes.com/national-news/hospital-removes-man-from-transplant-list-over-vaxx-status/ A Boston hospital has removed a patient from the front of the transplant list because he refused to get the COVID vaccine. DJ Ferguson, 31, is in desperate need of a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching facility, but […]
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PBM collateral damage:rural residents cant get their medicines or covid 19 help with pharmacies shuttering https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075049595/rural-residents-cant-get-their-medicines-or-covid-19-help-with-pharmacies-shutte Americans have been going to their local pharmacy for more than just prescriptions during the pandemic. They’ve been going there for masks, COVID-19 tests and vaccines. But even with that increased business, retail pharmacies, big and small, are closing […]
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