FDA commissioner to health insurers: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/fda-commissioner-to-health-insurers-youre-doing-it-wrong.html “Sick people aren’t supposed to be subsidizing the healthy,” Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday. The FDA commissioner was speaking at the National Health Policy Conference of AHIP, the health insurer industry group. In his critique, Gottlieb homed in on an increasingly popular target in the drug pricing debate: rebates. Insurance is designed, theoretically, to protect […]

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One pharmacy tried to charge me 10 TIMES the normal price!

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Hello Steve, I am a 100% Disabled Vietnam Era Veteran. I am a retired USPS letter carrier. My wife passed away and I had lost our family plan health insurance. Though I am covered by the VA it is an hour drive from my home. Once  there I may wait for hours to see a […]

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Pre-disease Conditions and their Symptoms

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The our health care system.. when I first started as a pharmacist… it was pretty much you had a DISEASE or you DIDN’T.. Today we have all sorts of PRE-disease CONDITIONS…  think of pre-diabetes,  pre-hypertension… sometimes when I get frustrated with someone wanting to discuss all of these PRE-ISSUES on someone’s health… I try to […]

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Anyone know a good pain doc in the Fort Worth Area

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Comment So glad I found you. I am a 62 year male who has been suffering from chronic back and neck pain for the last 15 years. I have been under the care of pain management specialist here in Fort Worth Texas for the last 13 years. I was able to put a 10 hour […]

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Opioid-related deaths in Ontario jump 52 per cent in 2017 compared to year before

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid-related deaths in Ontario jump 52 per cent in 2017 compared to year before Opioid-related deaths in Ontario increased by 52 per cent from January to October 2017 compared to the same period the year before, according to newly released data from the provincial government. The province said there were 1,053 opioid-related deaths during the […]

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Pharmacist: she doesn’t need to be on it, she’s the only one in town who takes it. She should just get off it.

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

 I read your article in Drug Topics titled ‘when valid prescriptions are refused’. I would like to explain a situation that happened today with a pharmacist and get your professional advice. The pharmacist called my mother this afternoon and said he refused to fill her prescription because he requires a code, which is for the […]

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