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“Gambling with Lives”: Oregon Medicaid cutting off opioids to chronic pain patients www.tarbell.org/2019/03/gambling-with-lives-oregon-medicaid-cutting-off-opioids-to-chronic-pain-patients/ At the height of the Tea Party and Republican campaign against the Affordable Care Act, the GOP raised a false alarm about “death panels” that would purportedly kill the disabled based on a subjective judgment and “pull the plug on Grandma.” But […]

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CALL TO ACTION. Beto O’Rourke, politicians, advocates, EVERYONE…please stand with doctors and patients to help fight for those fighting for a better quality of life and daily function to receive the correct treatments and medications. Stop blaming patients! Let’s all work together! We as a nation must come together to help those struggling for their […]

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Senate panel asks CVS and four other pharmacy middlemen to testify about drug prices https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/12/senate-panel-asks-cvs-and-other-middlemen-to-testify-about-drug-prices.html The Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday it invited five major pharmacy benefit managers to testify before Congress about high prescription drug costs in the U.S. Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the committee’s ranking member, asked Cigna, CVS, […]

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2 more blood pressure drug recalls for cancer risk; 4 in one week https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/2-more-blood-pressure-drug-recalls-for-cancer-risk-4-in-one-week/103-c9af25f8-29e4-4922-94be-eb5539d90343 The emergence of a new potential human carcinogen in the string of recalls has the FDA ‘deeply concerned.’ Pharmaceutical companies issued two more recalls for blood pressure medications on Friday because of potential cancer-causing impurities, making it four recalls in one […]

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My wife is 100% disabled deemed so by the state of Fla. Last week the pharmacist at Walmart refused to fill her Xanax and adderall. Is he in violation of the ADA?  He just said he was uncomfortable filling  them

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Overcharges on generic Prilosec give Ohio taxpayers heartburn https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190310/overcharges-on-generic-prilosec-give-ohio-taxpayers-heartburn For the past couple of years, Ohioans could buy the generic version of the heartburn treatment Prilosec off the shelf at most any drugstore for less than 60 cents a tablet — and less than 40 cents online. At the same time, however, Ohioans were being […]

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Physician outrage over CVS’ new diabetic testing policy https://www.physicianspractice.com/patients/physician-outrage-over-cvs-new-diabetic-testing-policy Editor’s Note: Physicians Practice’s blog features contributions from members of the medical community. The opinions expressed are that of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Physicians Practice or its publisher.   Self-monitoring of blood glucose is an essential part of managing diabetes. […]

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who remembers this old commercial…  when you like a post on a blog, FB or twitter all you are doing is letting the company behind the website to collect data about YOU… when you regularly share…then your friends gets the post to hopefully read and hopefully share with their friends. How many people that there […]

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Advocates decry Ohio pharmacy board vote to ban kratom https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190308/advocates-decry-ohio-pharmacy-board-vote-to-ban-kratom A group that advocates for consumer access to the herbal supplement kratom says the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy erred in approving a proposal to ban the product that has been touted as way to fight the opioid epidemic. The board on Wednesday voted […]

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