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Senior citizens are rattled by news that Medicare telehealth coverage could expire next month https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/senior-citizens-medicare-telehealth-coverage-expiring-rcna193487 Advocates say the coverage has bipartisan support, but efforts to make it permanent have been unsuccessful. For Kaye Peterson, 67, the expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage during Covid-19 was a godsend.   Peterson, who has Type 1 diabetes and lives in […]

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Why Reliable Opioid Death Data is Impossible https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/why_reliable_opioid_death_data_is_impossible.html If we’ve learned anything from our national COVID experience, it’s that science is not a collection of fixed, eternal declarations. Tools and terminology useful in the process of discovery can also be instruments of confirmation. A microscope can be a portal to the unexpected, or a prop […]

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Shots Fired!! Two of the most prestigious medical journals just came out fiercely against epidural injections / RFA. The British Medical Journal just published a “Practice Guideline” paper with these damning statements: “For people living with chronic radicular spine pain, the guideline panel issued strong recommendations against: epidural injection of local anaesthetic, steroids, or their […]

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Your Body, Your Health Care https://www.cato.org/events/your-body-your-health-care AVAILABLE APRIL 8TH. Pre-order at retailers now. January 2025 • Published By Cato Institute By Jeffrey A. Singer At a time when individuals feel increasingly disenfranchised by their health care choices, Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer’s groundbreaking new book, Your Body, Your Health Care, offers a compelling vision for a future […]

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