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just because you have health insurance doesn’t mean you will GET HEALTHCARE
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
Cash crunch pushes independents to the brink, data shows PBMs the cause
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
Last year almost ONE INDEPENDENT PHARMACY CLOSED EVERY DAY. If this article is correct, we could see ~15 independent pharmacies closing EVERY DAY in 2024. Both CVS & Walgreens are closing 200-300 stores each year for the next few years. Rite Aid is in bankruptcy and has closed some 600 stores, leaving with ~ 1500 […]
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Watching this 12 minute video – the truth of how our healthcare insurance industry works!
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
https://twitter.com/BoesingLoretta/status/1762816596433576274
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US pharmacy outage triggered by ‘Blackcat’ ransomware at UnitedHealth unit, sources say
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
Most/all pharmacies limit pts taking controlled meds to only being able to get a refill early anywhere from 1 to 3 days early. This article stated that pharmacies not having access to submitting bills to a PBM and got SIX DAYS BEHIND in filling prescriptions. It is just not pts taking controlled meds, there are […]
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Debunking the Hype: Opioid Overdose in Chronic Pain – The Truth
Posted on February 27, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
A recent study aiming to find factors that increase risk of opioid overdose in chronic pain patients instead found that overdose is vanishingly rare, despite the researcher’s best efforts to obscure the truth. This recent Systemic Review and meta-analysis of almost 24 million patients set out to find what risk factors lead to opioid overdose […]
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Walgreens decides that its ~ 8000 pharmacies will no longer fill controlled Rxs from a specific prescriber
Posted on February 27, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
I am disabled. 66yrs old and all alone. I live in FL. I have been on two controlled pain medications for 23 years. I have cancer and several other debilitating injuries and illnesses. In chronic pain! I just recvd a letter from Walgreens (See below) and I have only 6 days of medicine left before […]
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COPS, PAIN, COURTS TO PRISON THE RESHAPING OF PAIN HEALTHCARE AND ADDICTION: FASTRACK PATHWAY IN BECOMING A FEDERAL JUDGE
Posted on February 27, 2024 by Norman Clement
WHEN COPS AND COURTS ARE PRACTICING MEDICINE: THE PARALLEL HISTORIES OF DRUG WAR 1 AND DRUG WAR ll (EXCERPTS/UPDATE)
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TAKING THEM TO THE DEEP END WHERE MEDICAL SCIENCE AND FACTS ARE ON THE STAND: PART-2 OF THE CHRISTOPHER RUSSO, MD STORY WHO CHOSE TO FIGHT DOJ-DEA PROSECUTION AND FOUND NOT GUILTY
Posted on February 27, 2024 by Norman Clement
PART-2: DR. CHRISTOPHER RUSSO, MD: ON MEDICINE VS. THE DECEPTION OF LAW “TAKING THEM TO THE DEEP END OF THE MEDICAL POOL WHERE SCIENCE AND FACTS WERE ON THE STAND”
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HAS THE WAR ON DRUGS TURN INTO A WAR ON YOUR PAIN AND YOUR DOCTOR: DR. CHRIS RUSSO, MD: ON MEDICINE VS. THE DECEPTION OF THE LAW, A CLOWN SHOW
Posted on February 25, 2024 by Norman Clement
DR. CHRISTOPHER RUSSO,MD: ON MEDICINE VS. THE DECEPTION OF LAW; “ANATOMY OF THE CLOWN SHOW” TELLING IT RAW” (Prt-1)
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How Beneficiaries Really Feel About Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve
How Beneficiaries Really Feel About Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare MA plans offer “extra benefits” but many go unused. Is Medicare Advantage really better? https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108846 Survey results released today contradict widely-held beliefs that Medicare Advantage enrollees are more satisfied because they receive better health services than those in traditional Medicare. On the contrary, respondents in […]
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