U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren’t ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say: ‘People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.’

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren’t ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say ‘People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.’ https://www.commonsense.news/p/us-public-health-agencies-arent-following The calls and text messages are relentless. On the other end are doctors and scientists at the top levels of the NIH, FDA and CDC. They are variously frustrated, exasperated and alarmed about the […]

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Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor – BUT – will they listen – or – back to business as usual ?

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/07/15/supreme-court-tells-cops-stop-playing-doctor-16434 A unanimous Supreme Court decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions. Drs. Jeffrey Singer and Josh Bloom in Reason Magazine. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons No one witnessing a burglary in progress would call 911 and ask for a doctor. […]

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Express Scripts Sued by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Over ‘Claw Backs’

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Express Scripts Sued by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Over ‘Claw Backs’ https://www.aidshealth.org/2022/07/express-scripts-sued-by-ahf-over-claw-backs/ Sweeping federal lawsuit, asserting 14 claims of violations of law in nine U.S. states where AHF operates pharmacies, was filed in federal court in St. Louis, MO  AHF asserts Express Scripts, a huge pharmacy benefits manager, manipulates loophole in Medicare “Star Ratings” system […]

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Costco Pharmacist: did not not provided a concrete reason, other than pharmacists have the right to not dispense !

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Hi Steve, I came across your website and noticed you had your email listed. A pharmacist refused to fill a controlled substance for me after speaking with my physician from a nationally renowned clinic in the US. I was not provided a concrete reason, other than pharmacists have the right to not dispense. However, it […]

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