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AG pick Lynch may face grilling over seizing properties, experts say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/20/civil-forfeiture-likely-to-be-hot-issue-at-lynch-confirmation-hearing-experts/ From the article: A boast by President Obama’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement official could come back to haunt her in confirmation hearings before the Senate, where some members object to prosecutors’ rampant use of civil forfeiture, a controversial but […]

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2015 Part D Formularies: Fewer Rxs, Higher Cost-Sharing, More Tiers A recent analysis by Avalere Health, a health care research and advisory firm, shows several significant changes to Medicare Part D formularies that will affect the way beneficiaries pay for their medications in 2015. Significant changes include: Fewer drugs covered—Nine out of the top 10 […]

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Patients infected with meningitis sue PainCare http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20141120/NEWS/sthash.5MHZBqpn.cmfs From the article: CONCORD — A second wave of lawsuits over contaminated medicine is being directed at PainCare, owned by Michael O’Connell. Thirteen patients of PainCare, which has 10 locations in New Hampshire, including Newington and Somersworth, filed suit against the company and its owner Wednesday for contracting […]

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FDA Approves New, Hard-to-Abuse Hydrocodone Pill http://www.wkrg.com/story/27441124/fda-approves-new-hard-to-abuse-hydrocodone-pill From the article WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators have approved the first hard-to-abuse version of the painkiller hydrocodone, offering an alternative to a similar medication that has been widely criticized for lacking such safeguards. The Food and Drug Administration approved Purdue Pharma’s Hysingla ER, for patients with severe, […]

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Overdose Death Rates Drop in States with Medical Marijuana Laws http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/overdose-death-rates-drop-in-states-with-medical-marijuana-laws-8824565.html From the article: Overdose death rates from prescription opioid painkillers and illicit drugs such as heroin have declined significantly in states with medical marijuana laws, according to controversial new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Critics immediately attacked the […]

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I have been a “student” of our bureaucracy … politicians… and bureaucrats that actually “runs the system” on a day to day basis…your basic civil servant. Some of these bureaucrats seemingly get on such a power trip that they will even strike out at Congress.. who holds the purse strings for their operation… when they […]

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Broken Arrow Walgreens pharmacist arrested for alleged embezzlement of prescription medication http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/broken-arrow-walgreens-pharmacist-arrested-for-alleged-embezzlement-of-prescription/article_1f94deab-e14f-5e22-958f-7b7c94b294a4.html#user-comment-area From the article: A pharmacist at a Broken Arrow Walgreens store has been arrested and accused of embezzling prescription medication from two locations where he worked this year. Curry, according to the arrest report, admitted to stealing Oxycodone during the last nine months […]

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