PHARMACIST STEVE

  Minnesota is among the first states to address the unintended consequence of CDC opioid guidance from 2016 https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/law-could-be-life-saving-for-chronic-pain-patients/89-b22f2aba-667d-42cb-877d-20c3eb70efd3 LAKEVILLE, Minn. — On August 1, a change to a Minnesota state statute regarding opioid prescribing quietly ushered in a change that could be life-saving for people who suffer of severe, chronic pain.  The change addresses […]

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AITA for Pointing Out to the Insurance Company That I’m the Expert on My Patient? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/976690 I (48, F) had to do one of those “peer-to-peer” calls with an insurance physician (undisclosed-age, M). I know, it’s a commonplace task now, what’s the big deal, etc., but let me explain. From the start of the conversation, […]

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Americans Have No Right to Healthcare — It’s high time we change that https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/96938 The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed in 1948, set up the framework that healthcare is a human right. Article 25 of the document stated that, “everyone has a right to standard of living adequate for the health and […]

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