Trump WH Seeks To Monitor The Disabled To Ensure They Aren’t “Too” Happy

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Trump WH Seeks To Monitor The Disabled To Ensure They Aren’t “Too” Happy https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/trump-wh-seeks-to-monitor-the-disabled-to-ensure-they-aren-t-too-happy-1GE1YTfza0KHKw1oGIOrYA/ A new policy proposal by the Trump administration calls for the surveillance of disabled people’s social media profiles to determine the necessity of their disability benefits. The proposal, which reportedly aims to cut down on the number of fraudulent disability claims […]

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CDC did not follow the Federal Advisory Committee Act in developing opiate dosing guidelines

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

CDC’s new opioid guidelines will be used by plaintiffs bar, WLF says https://legalnewsline.com/stories/510704148-cdc-s-new-opioid-guidelines-will-be-used-by-plaintiffs-bar-wlf-says#.XSopWi6hyUg.facebook WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A Washington, D.C.-based public-interest law firm that has been outspoken about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s handling of an opioid guideline development team argues the agency’s new guidelines, which were issued this month, will “no doubt” […]

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Senators Manchin and Braun Are Attempting to Practice Medicine Without a License—And Fighting the Wrong War

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.cato.org/blog/senators-manchin-braun-are-attempting-practice-medicine-without-license-fighting-wrong-war Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Braun (R-IN) are still trying to address the fentanyl and heroin overdose crisis—soon to be joined by a methamphetamine and cocaine overdose crisis—by denying chronic pain patients access to pain relief. They have just introduced a bill they call The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act, which would “prohibit the Food […]

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