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Pharmacies sue GoodRx, accusing the company of conspiring with PBMs https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2024/11/19/pharmacies-sue-goodrx-accusing-company-conspiring-pbms It’s not all good news for GoodRx. The drug discount company is facing at least three separate class-action lawsuits from independent pharmacies accusing it of “conspiring” with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to fix reimbursement rates in a way that boosts the PBMs’ profits. Also […]

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Chronic Pain Is Rising, and It’s Not Clear Why More Americans are living with pain now, CDC data show https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/painmanagement/113149 A new CDC report indicated that the percentage of Americans with chronic pain rose considerably in recent years, and it’s not clear why. In 2023, 24.3% of U.S. adults had chronic pain lasting 3 months […]

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Warren Blasts United Health CEO for Monopolistic Practices that Harm Patients Here is a 5 minute video of Senator Warren “ripping” the president of UHC over how they financially operate. UnitedHealth Pays Its Own Physician Groups More Than Others https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/11314 UnitedHealth Group pays many of its physician practices “significantly more” than other groups “in the […]

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The first SS check was issued in Jan 31, 1940 for a total sum of $22.54 and employees & employers each paid 1% of the first $3,000 a person earned. By the time I graduated college (1970) SS taxes were 4.6% of the employee’s first $7,800 and of course the employer had to pay a […]

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DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns https://nypost.com/2024/11/23/us-news/doj-suspends-dea-searches-at-airports-over-civil-rights-concerns/ (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice told the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend consensual searches at airports and other mass transit facilities after hearing about potential civil rights violations. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing […]

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Here is Pam Bondi’s re-election TV video in 2014 for Florida Attorney General And the state AG of Florida is an attorney married to a DEA Agent!  

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Optum audit shows possible law violation, lower payments to independent pharmacies https://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/07/optum-audit-shows-possible-law-violation/ The findings of a recent audit of a major company that manages prescription benefits revealed it may have violated Mississippi law. The review of Minnesota-based Optum’s business practices by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy indicated that the company paid independent pharmacies in Mississippi […]

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Chronic Pain Affects One in Four Americans, CDC Reports Nearly 9% have pain severe enough to restrict daily activities https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/painmanagement/113052 Chronic pain affected nearly one in four U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed. In 2023, 24.3% of adults had chronic pain lasting 3 months or longer, reported Jacqueline Lucas, MPH, and Inderbir Sohi, MSPH, […]

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Oxygen Company Too Big to Ban? We expanded our independent pharmacy into providing Home Medical Equipment (HME) in the early 1980’s. Providing home Oxygen and other respiratory services turned out to be a large part of our HME business. After a decade in the business, with annual inflation being in the 3%-4% range, Medicare never […]

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Abandoned in Pain: A Family’s Fight Against UCHealth’s Neglect https://www.coloradoswitchblade.com/p/abandoned-in-pain-a-familys-fight?triedRedirect=true Exposing the Healthcare System’s Betrayal of Chronic Pain Patients—Share to Demand Accountability This article is an opinion piece based on my personal experiences and interviews. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of any organization or publication. I remember […]

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