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It looks like you may be on your own
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Nearly a year ago another chronic pain pt and myself trying to raise a legal “war chest” to help with lawsuits against various entities. Our goal.. we thought .. was rather modest… to get abt 1% of the chronic pain community to donate – one time – the cost […]
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Ohio Marijuana Law Won’t Change Zero-Tolerance Policies
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Ohio Marijuana Law Won’t Change Zero-Tolerance Policies Policies may need updating to clarify that the use of medical marijuana isn’t tolerated in the workplace https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/ohio-marijuana-law.aspx The use of medical marijuana for certain illnesses will soon be legal under Ohio law, but that doesn’t mean employers have to tolerate it, according to employment attorneys interviewed by […]
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Other CDC “guidelines” that don’t bear the weight of law and not enforced ?
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
The CDC posts all sorts of medical guidelines. None of which bears the weight of law. But it seems that only their most recent guide on opiate dosing is being considered by many that these opiate guidelines are in fact LAW. This showed up in my inbox today: FYI-Information for everyone…. You probably […]
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If you are disabled…your life is not worth enough for attorneys when harmed by the medical system
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Patient Harm: When An Attorney Won’t Take Your Case https://www.propublica.org/article/patient-harm-when-an-attorney-wont-take-your-case The Story So Far Too many patients suffer harm instead of healing in U.S. medicine. That’s why ProPublica’s reporters have investigated everything from deadly dialysis centers and dangerous hospitals to the failure of state boards to discipline incompetent nurses. This page allows patients, providers and […]
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At CVS: “HEALTH IS EVERYTHING” … Cuts Coverage of Dozens of Drugs in Exclusion Expansion
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS Cuts Coverage of Dozens of Drugs in Exclusion Expansion http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-02/cvs-plans-to-bar-novartis-cancer-drug-from-2017-covered-drugs Benefit manager to exclude some cancer, diabetes treatments Company cites ‘hyperinflationary’ increases on 10 drugs CVS Health Corp. will add 35 products to its lists of excluded drugs in 2017 and no longer cover some treatments for cancer and diabetes, in an aggressive move […]
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No “DEATH PANELS” here…. just denial/limiting access to care
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Coverage Issues Limiting MS Patients’ Rx Access http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Web-Only/Article/07-16/Coverage-Issues-Limiting-MS-Patients-Rx-Access-/37191/ses=ogst More than one in five people with multiple sclerosis (MS; 22%) experienced negative changes in their insurance coverage within the past year, and almost one in four patients taking disease-modifying therapy (DMT) relied either partially or completely on discounted or free drug programs (24.7%) for their medications, […]
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CVS to pay up nearly TWO MILLION in RPH lawsuit – age discrimination
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
JAMES R. KING, Plaintiff, v. CVS HEALTH CORPORATION Defendant. Doc.264Memorandumopiniononplaintiffposttrialmotions Doc[1]
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