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Cancer Patient’s Final Act: Destroying Medical Debt https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/107497 Viral campaign will erase some $60 million in medical debt A 38-year-old woman who died from ovarian cancer earlier this month posthumously launched a viral campaign that will help pay off an estimated $60 million in medical debt. Casey McIntyre died on November 12, and in a […]
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LETTER TO CBS 60 MINUTES: AI GATE SCANDAL, NEARLY ALL U.S. GOV., MEDICAL DATA-ANALYTICS SHOWN FRAUDULENT, CAUSING THOUSANDS OF NEEDLESS DEATHS/SUFFERING; DOCTORS CALL FOR HELP!!!!
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Foot Locker, Teamsters Show Their Drug-Benefit Managers the Door https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/foot-locker-teamsters-drop-pharmacy-benefit-managers-7251c81a Employers and unions say the PBMs are favoring costlier drugs over less expensive options and aren’t open about their rebates Employers and unions are getting fed up with the firms they have used for years to help control their spending on prescription drugs—because their costs […]
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UnitedHealth sued over alleged use of AI to deny elderly patients care https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/unitedhealth-sued-over-alleged-use-of-ai-to-deny-elderly-patients-care/ar-AA1kfHQ0 The families of two now-deceased former beneficiaries of UnitedHealth have filed a lawsuit against the health care giant, alleging it knowingly used a faulty artificial intelligence algorithm to deny elderly patients coverage for extended care deemed necessary by their doctors. The lawsuit, […]
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Will complex/high acuity pts be the first KICKED TO THE CURB? Apparently, according to Medicare reimbursement to physicians, all pts – regardless of the complexity of their health issues – deserve the same amount of physician’s time. Unless the physician is an employee of a large hospital system and the system gets paid more for […]
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UKUTHULA !!: TARGETING PACKAGES, A CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION: STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs. DR. GUVEN UZUN, MD *(WALGREENS AT THEIR BEST!!)
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Take Care of Maya This is video documentary available on Neflix and is about 105 minutes long. This family lived in Florida and the hospital involved is John Hopkins All Children Hospital in St Petersburg, FL https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/all-childrens-hospital This story is apparently not that unusual where parents take their child to an emergency room and the […]
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VA reduces number of Veterans prescribed opioids by 67% since 2012 https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-reduces-opioids-by-67-since-2012/ WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has reduced the number of Veterans with opioid prescriptions by 67% since 2012, from 874,897 Veterans in 2012 to 288,820 in 2023 — while continuing to provide comprehensive, world-class pain management to Veterans. […]
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I wonder how many tens of thousands of email, calls, faxes a Senator would have to receive from constituents to nullify a one-on-one visit from the head of the DEA? DEA Administrator Briefs Senator Collins on Illegal Chinese Marijuana Operations, Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic, and Increase of Meth Use in Maine Washington, D.C. – […]
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this is the website provided by Medicare.gov https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare/#/?year=2024&lang=en I found that this website and the content regarding comparing various Part D prgms that are being offered are lacking some information about what is covered, math is incorrect. Seems like whoever put these info pages together, either didn’t know what they were doing or intentionally putting […]
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