Let’s not forget… healthcare is basically a FOR PROFIT BUSINESS

  I hate posting my problems to Facebook and I also hate that it has come to this, but I don’t know what else to do and our endocrinologist has tried everything he possibly could. Reed was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on November 9, 2017. While in the hospital with Diabetic Ketoacidosis, he also […]

My husband is disabled due to severe chronic pain.

Dear Steve My husband is disabled due to severe chronic pain. He is completely compliant with the pain mgmt doctor. She wrote a script out and escripted it to the pharmacy on March 23rd to be picked up after the  31st. We called to make sure it would be ready and was told yes and […]

CDC refuses responsibility in Chronic Pain Care – Opioid crisis

Reporter doing story about denial of pain care SUICIDES

Terry called me and he is doing research to generate a report/story on  – whatever number he can validate – the  number/names of chronic pain pts that have committed suicide because their meds have been reduced or stopped since the CDC released their opiate dosing guidelines two years ago.  If you have information please contact […]

Fed Cir: Veterans Can Now Get Disability From Pain Alone, VA Opposition ‘Illogical’

www.disabledveterans.org/2018/04/04/fed-cir-veterans-can-now-get-disability-pain-alone-va-opposition-illogical/ The Federal Circuit just reversed years of bad case law finding veterans can receive a service-connected disability for pain alone without a present diagnosis or pathology. Basically, the Court concluded the Department of Veterans Affairs added additional criteria to what the term “disability” means as it related to disability compensation. The Court called VA’s […]

Reporter looking for stories of collateral damage of the opiate crisis crackdown

Hi there, I’m a reporter with the Washington Post, and I’m reaching out in the hopes you might be able to help me with a story. It’s about the increasingly complex geography of opioid proscriptions. As a growing number of states pass stricter legislation targeting over-prescription, and doctors become skittish, obtaining an opioid proscription in […]

The death of Kessee is currently under investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

https://youtu.be/MOz5zcePaEA NPD Reviews Officer Interactions with Marconia Kessee   Date of Press Release:  Tue, 01/23/2018 Press Release By:  Sarah Jensen The Norman Police Department responded to a report of a disturbance inside the waiting area of the Norman Regional Hospital – Porter Campus, 901 N. Porter Avenue, at approximately 7:30 p.m. on January 16. Upon […]

AG Session: Feds will not fulfill its role as a leading protector of basic constitutional rights under his leadership

Sessions Says to Courts: Go Ahead, Jail People Because They’re Poor https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/opinion/sessions-says-to-courts-go-ahead-jail-people-because-theyre-poor.html Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions retracted an Obama-era guidance to state courts that was meant to end debtors’ prisons, where people who are too poor to pay fines are sent. This practice is blatantly unconstitutional, and the guidance had helped jump-start reform […]

We care… just not that much…

  I called expressscripts and BC/BS FEP mail order CVS caremark, I was told fentanyl patches required NO special cooling packs sending to central Fl. I questioned when my brand has a 6°F range 72°-78°? They insist that they are not required to be sent to keep the temperature. This is ridiculous as fentanyl is […]

Where are the defenders of the under represented and those being discriminated against ?

ACLU sues Gov. Bevin for blocking and banning people on social media These two organizations, in particular, openly profess to “protect” people from abuse, discrimination and the like. I have heard about untold number of chronic pain pts reaching out to both of these organizations and either their effort to reach them was IGNORED or […]