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Pres Biden apparently has a “soft place” in his heart – or head – for substance abusers/addicts. Could that help explain why he stopped the building of the wall along our southern border? Of course, per our 8th Amendment, the SCOTUS ruled years ago that the issue of “cruel and unusual punishment” only applies to […]
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Is there anything that politicians can’t give themselves the authority to do? Personally, I am concerned about gender reassignment for people below 18y/o – 21 y/o especially without parental consent. Many healthcare professionals would consider it highly unethical to terminate medicinal gender transition therapy in the middle. What other chronic health issues are politicians with […]
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Your Pain, Your Rights: Dealing With Your Physician And Your Hospital https://rsds.org/your-pain-your-rights-dealing-with-your-physician-and-your-hospital/ Although I had concentrated on legal issues relating to pain in terminal illness, I had never even heard of CRPS until I got a call from a young mother in California with the crippling syndrome. She had gone from being an athletic, employed, confident woman to one […]
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I am not sure what this really means, but if the PBM has anything that resembles a “free hand” in setting up out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D programs, it will be the pt that gets financially screwed and the PBM industry will prosper financially. Barb has been Part D prgm since they started in […]
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There is many things starting to STACK UP against the DEA/DOJ and their 5 decade war on drugs/pts. There is more and more practitioners – especially pharmacists – that are work with pharmacogenomics https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/21st-century-testing-to-help-chronic-pain-pts-justify-needing-higher-doses/ to help determine if a pt metabolizes different categories of medications differently. Pointing out that some pts are fast/ultrafast metabolizers of many […]
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I got the text below today as a email. How many of those in the chronic pain community have reached out to the ACLU for assistance in because of their disabilities being discriminated against and all have been told that ” we don’t have the resources” … According to this text, … Here’s your rundown, […]
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Maybe this is why they are starting to refer to this as Medicare-C – because there is no advantages Congress Hearing Explores Medicare Advantage Routines That Deny, Delay Needed Care https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicare/104569 WASHINGTON — A 79-year-old man with prostate cancer needed a PET scan, but his Medicare Advantage (MA) plan refused to pay for it. […]
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If you are reading this, YOU NEED TO SHARE THIS – not just LIKE IT… unless you feel that there is no one in your circle of family & friends who are dealing with chronic health issues, that could possibly benefit & enjoy improving their QOL. If you are a intractable chronic pain pt, this […]
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