5 women sue Texas over denial of appropriate medical care

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

5 women sue Texas over denial of appropriate medical care https://abcnews.go.com/Health/5-women-sue-texas-abortion-bans-lives-put/story Five women are suing the state of Texas over its strict abortion laws, saying they were denied the procedure even though their lives were in danger. The lawsuit — filed in state court Monday by the Center for Reproductive Rights — marks the first […]

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Boards of Medicine Are a Sham

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Boards of Medicine Are a Sham https://doctorsofcourage.org/boards-of-medicine-are-a-sham/ Here is a letter from Eric Dover, MD, on the deliberate attacks on doctors by their Boards of Medicine. This was in response to an Oregon ABC affiliate, KATU, media article by Wright Gazaway on Mar.1, 2023 pertaining to the revoking of physician licenses being nationally controlled instead […]

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Former DEA agent: assets can determine whose office practice they raid

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

 start watching video around 00:30 https://www.tiktok.com/@bilkedtothebrink/video/7170431661136465194?_r=1&_t=8aUCzL4beaQ Here is a “help wanted ad” from the DEA https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/forfeiture-financial-specialist-supporting-the-dea/ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WHNT) – A federal judge sentenced a Tennessee physician and his wife on Monday for unlawfully distributing opioids and defrauding insurers through their now-shuttered Alabama clinics. Mark Murphy, 65, and his wife, Jennifer, 65, both from […]

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Shortage of albuterol is about to get worse, especially in hospitals

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

About 10-15 yrs ago, many of the generic pharmas were merging to create some economy of scale,  because the PBM’s were reimbursing pharmacies less and less for the medications they were dispensing and the generic pharmas were competing to be the lowest price on a particular generic. So that more pharmacies would buy their products, […]

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Cardinal Health, McKesson prevail in Georgia families’ opioid trial

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Cardinal Health, McKesson prevail in Georgia families’ opioid trial https://www.reuters.com/legal/cardinal-health-mckesson-prevail-georgia-families-opioid-trial-2023-03-01/ March 1 (Reuters) – Drug distributors Cardinal Health Inc (CAH.N), McKesson Corp (MCK.N) and JM Smith Corp on Wednesday prevailed at trial in Georgia in a case brought by families of opioid addicts accusing the companies of acting as drug dealers. A jury in Glynn […]

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Government agent’s fake testimony

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

what is the definition of police entrapment Police entrapment refers to a situation in which law enforcement officers use coercive or deceptive tactics to induce a person to commit a crime that they would not have otherwise committed. This may involve encouraging or enticing someone to engage in illegal activity, and then arresting them for […]

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Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Medicare Plan Commissions May Steer Beneficiaries to Wrong Coverage https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/103306 Commonwealth Fund report: opaque, misaligned agent incentives influence enrollment choices Agents and brokers who sell Medicare plan coverage often steer their clients to a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan because it earns them a higher commission compared with a Medigap supplemental plan with traditional Medicare that […]

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Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance; Narcolepsy Drug Patent Games https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/103329 Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Family Builds Empire Off ‘Christian’ Insurance Liberty HealthShare, a nonprofit known as a health care sharing ministry, billed itself as a religious alternative to Obamacare. […]

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Biden’s $125 billion investment in a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic and substance use disorders is paid for by raising taxes on the profits of pharmaceutical corporations

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Biden is going to stop the opioid crisis and the addiction problem… spending 12.5 billion/yr over the next TEN YEARS…  The war on drugs is currently costing us 100+ billion/yr. So Biden expects to succeed where FIVE DECADES and TWO + TRILLION spent has not only FAILED  but seemingly MADE THINGS WORSE ! Last year […]

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They are dropping like flies… but no one is really keeping stats

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

A fairly visible chronic pain advocate just re-posted a video she did abt four years ago about another chronic painer who had her pain management reduced, given the date on the video would suggest that happened sometime after the 2016 CDC guidelines published and the 2019 posted date on the video.  Apparently this pt over […]

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