PHARMACIST STEVE

All police states have a modus operandi by which they can be recognized. One of those is the absolute and unreasonable, almost random, destruction of people selected to be an “example” to terrify the population. The most educated physician in American history, Dr. Xiulu Ruan, is still languishing in prison because, while the DEA has […]

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Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash   The Tobacco Money Settlement is running out soon. Just about EVERYONE has their HAND OUT for some of the Opioid Settlement Money. From bureaucraties that had employees who are/were dealing with addiction and wants to recoup the money paid out for treating those employees, to Grandparents raising their […]

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Driving down health care costs: Independent pharmacies, patients and lawmakers take steps to rein in PBMs https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/04/03/pbm-ohio-independent-pharmacy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even as prescription drug costs have skyrocketed in recent years, Hart Pharmacy in Cincinnati is getting less money per prescription, costing the pharmacy tens of thousands of dollars each year. Third-generation pharmacist and owner Sarah Priestly […]

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Could a chronic pain pt, who lives in Minnesota, could they sue for being denied controlled Rxs to treat their pain, because they are disabled? After all, maintaining and optimizing a pt’s QOL is time-sensitive! Court Rules Against Pharmacist Who Refused Emergency Contraception Prescription https://www.medpagetoday.com/pharmacy/pharmacy/10942 Case will be appealed to state Supreme Court or returned […]

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Bill that would allow medical professionals to deny care based on conscience clears hurdle in House https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill-would-allow-medical-professionals-deny-care-based-conscience-clears-hurdle-house House Bill 303, which would allow medical professionals to refuse medical service based on conscience, passed second reading 65-35 in the House on Monday. “I’d like my health care provider to have a conscience,” said Rep. Steve Gunderson, […]

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This test could be a very slippery slope for this company and any practitioner who uses it and its results. Addiction has substantial underlying mental health issues. Mental health issues are all pretty much subjective health issues and can be various subsets of the total mental health spectrum. What happens when a pt shows a […]

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I remember reading a story- many years ago – about a young man who was a brittle type-1 diabetic. He had called his refill into his pharmacy- mid-week- to get refilled and while the Rx had indicated two refills remaining, it was over 1 yr old and the refills had expired. The pharmacist requested for […]

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HHS Cracks Down on Care Facilities for Failure to Turn Over Medical Records https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/109455 Office for Civil Rights fines two facilities that stalled on giving access for more than 100 days The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has settled two cases involving healthcare facilities that failed to provide […]

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Recently on one of the Financial TV shows, one of their “talking heads” stated that the USA is not using the same basket of goods to calculate our COLA/CPI as was used during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He stated that if we currently use the same basket  of goods as during the Carter Admin the […]

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