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Rescheduling Isn’t Enough—and Medicare Could Make CBD Worse https://www.cato.org/blog/rescheduling-isnt-enough-medicare-could-make-cbd-worse At today’s White House ceremony, President Trump signed an executive order requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule III controlled substance. During the event, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz announced plans […]

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Pay Cuts and Unnecessary Visits: How Medicare Is Compromising Cataract Care https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119085 It’s time for payment reform and a lasting remote follow-up option With nearly 1% of Americans undergoing cataract surgery each year, the procedure is the most common operation Medicare covers. For many older adults, it’s a small miracle: a 15-minute procedure and suddenly the world […]

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The impact of the PBM/Insurance industry is mentioned very little in the article and not until near the end of the article. Little/no mention of lower profit margins for that part of our drug distribution system that other countries do not have within their healthcare system. Most Favored Nation’ Pricing May Cut Drug Costs. It […]

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AARP for a long time, endorsed United Health Insurance products and have “branded” the United Health prgms as provided under AARP’s association. Live Long. Live Well. We help you save money, stay healthy, and navigate your life. And we’ll never stop fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare.  https://www.aarp.org/ https://www.aarp.org/membership/benefits/insurance/uhc-medicare-plans/ AARP® Medicare Plans from United […]

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While this EO “reads” rather straight forward! BUT… the DOJ/DEA has done very little in a straight forward arena in applying the CSA against those in the controlled substance distribution system. There are FOUR FDA APPROVED Fentanyl analogs as safe for use in humans. HOWEVER, if one of those four FDA approved Fentanyl analogs are […]

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Chronic Persistent Pain Can Kill https://www.medcentral.com/pain/chronic/chronic-persistent-pain-can-kill Case report of a male patient whose death was hastened by chronic pain. Having been a physician for over 30 years, I have treated literally thousands of patients of all ages who have come from virtually all walks of life. As a solo private practitioner for over 25 years, […]

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In watching this video, pay attention to two very serious misstatements by Dr Singer. 1. He did not clarify that there is – according to Wikipedia.com – upwards of 200 different known Fentanyl analogs and only FOUR have went thru FDA clinical trials and approved for safe use in humans, and are available via a […]

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Below is the comments that I made. Please DO NOT COPY THEM and submit them as yours. If the DEA sees a lot of “identical submissions” will just dilute the impact of what was submitted. What I did was ask perplexity.ai a half dozen questions. Asking it to refine/expound its previous answer. Ended up asking […]

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