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Trump’s pick for key health post (CMS) known for punitive Medicaid plan https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/seema-verma-trump-centers-medicare-medicaid-cms Seema Verma, the president-elect’s choice for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, pushed lockout periods for low-income people   Seema Verma, president and founder of SVC Inc, gets into an elevator as she arrives at Trump Tower last month. Photograph: Drew […]

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Free Event to Answer Insurance Related  Questions LiveSupportgroup.com is hosting a free event on Monday, the 5th of December at 8:00 PM est, to answer questions and educate the members on insurance for 2017… The group will have a licensed insurance agent on hand to answer insurance questions ranging on “Everything from policies on Medicare/Medicaid/Obamacare, understanding prescription […]

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Few are buying non-prescription naloxone at pharmacies http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2016/12/03/few-buying-non-prescription-naloxone-pharmacies/94686092/ Eighteen Richland County pharmacies started selling naloxone without a prescription this year, but few residents apparently are purchasing the opioid overdose-reversal medication. In fact, at the five local pharmacies willing to discuss the specifics of their naloxone sales, no doses of the drug have been sold over the counter without […]

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Oregonian Turns To Heroin For Pain Relief After Opioid Prescription Cut http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-heroin-opioid-prescription-addiction-treatment/ John lives in his truck and takes heroin to deal with his chronic pain. “It’s a really upsetting story and one thing that’s so upsetting about it, is that it’s actually quite common,” said neurologis Dr. Eve Klein.     Every year more […]

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In SEVEN WEEKS we will have a NEW PRESIDENT along with a whole new Cabinet members and other new people in very important positions, many who have the ability to have positive or negative influence/impact on the chronic pain community. Hopefully, this new administration will take a different approach of enforcing the Americans with Disability […]

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Martin Shkreli’s $750 life-saving drug recreated by high school students for $2 http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/martin-shkreli-s-750-life-saving-drug-recreated-by-high-school-students-for-2-1.3185163#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=GSEmail&_gsc=u38DMmS Remember Martin Shkreli? He’s the so-called “pharma bro” who was dubbed “the world’s most hated man,” and a symbol of corporate greed, when he hiked the price of a life-saving drug from US$13.50 to $750 per tablet after his company Turing Pharmaceuticals […]

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American Kratom Association: Major New Analysis Shows No Basis For DEA To Restrict Herb Kratom Expert Finds Potential for Abuse May Be As Low As Such Unrestricted Substances as “Nutmeg and St. John’s Wort” http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-kratom-association-major-new-analysis-shows-no-basis-for-dea-to-restrict-herb-kratom-300371521.html WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A long-awaited analysis by one of the world’s leading experts on drug abuse and […]

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DEA Paid Millions To Volunteers Searching Americans’ Luggage, Mail Investigators told Congress on Wednesday that agency paid out almost a quarter of a billion dollars over five years, but can’t say exactly what it got back or how many people had their privacy breached. https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/dea-paid-millions-to-volunteers-searching-americans-luggage? WASHINGTON — Americans may have faced widespread privacy violations as outsourced […]

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