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D.E.A. Secretly Collected Bulk Records of Money-Counter Purchases https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/politics/dea-money-counter-records.html?partner=IFTTT WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration secretly collected data in bulk about Americans’ purchases of money-counting machines — and took steps to hide the effort from defendants and courts — before quietly shuttering the program in 2013 amid the uproar over the disclosures by the National […]

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Survey: Half Of Doctors Considering Leaving Medicine — Because Of Health Insurance Headaches https://www.studyfinds.org/survey-half-doctors-consider-leaving-medicine-insurance-company-headaches/ Poll of 600 physicians shows frustration over insurer policies and delays that doctors say could be leaving patients in prolonged pain. WASHINGTON — Are health insurance policies creating nightmares for physicians and hazards for their patients? A new study finds that […]

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So the monthly list price of your insulin has gone from $391 in 2014 to $594 in 2018, THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE!! But who’s to blame?? It must be the drug manufacturer, right?? NO!! When you look at what the drug manufacturer keeps, it actually lowered from $147 in 2014 to $135 in $2018. They are getting […]

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Remarks from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as prepared for oral testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing, “Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm582031.htm Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone, thank you for the opportunity to testify today before the full committee. […]

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  www.ij.org/press-release/bipartisan-bill-in-congress-would-dramatically-reform-civil-forfeiture/ On Wednesday, Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Bobby Rush (D-IL) reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act (FAIR Act), which would enact a sweeping overhaul of federal civil forfeiture laws. Under civil forfeiture, the government can permanently confiscate property without charging […]

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The administration “failed to conduct a comprehensive legal analysis” of three NSA-style bulk data collection programs, according to the Justice Department Inspector General. https://www.nextgov.com/analytics-data/2019/03/dea-never-checked-if-its-massive-surveillance-operations-are-legal-watchdog-says/155907/ The Drug Enforcement Administration skirted numerous legal checks on a trio of bulk data collection programs dating back to the early 1990s, according to an internal watchdog. In a heavily redacted, […]

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Another Lawmaker Overlooks Pain Management in Bill to Fight Opioid Crisis www.rewire.news/article/2019/03/28/another-lawmaker-overlooks-pain-management-in-bill-to-fight-opioid-crisis/ “Dependence isn’t addiction, and that is continually left out of the discussion and the policies being made,” said disability advocate Maelee Johnson. Hardly a day goes by when the discussion of opioids and their misuse is not on the front page of local […]

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