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On Medicare and live in the South? Make sure you’re not taking a high-risk drug.
Senior Medicare beneficiaries in the Southeast are more likely to be taking at least one high-risk drug.Source: NPR (Dany Qato and Amal Trivedi/Alpert Medical School, Brown University) As I… more →
The Med Diva
Charlatans Need Not Apply
wrote 5 days ago: One of the things that used to make physicians different from other providers is the ability to pres … more →
BACK AND FORTH: Should CMS Do More To Monitor Prescription Patterns, Providers in Medicare Part D?
wrote 1 week ago: A recent ProPublica investigation found that CMS has done little to monitor unsafe prescription patt … more →
ProPublica Launches Prescriber Checkup [Interactive Database]
wrote 1 week ago: The Doctors and Drugs in Medicare Part D By Jeff Larson, Jennifer LaFleur, Charles Ornstein, Tracy W … more →
Systems Thinking: Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Prescription Drug Pricing
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wrote 2 weeks ago: In the economic sphere an act, a habit, an institution, a law produces not only one effect, but also … more →
medicare help co
wrote 2 weeks ago: Attempt to review some simple summaries to see who has the most competitive benefit programs and the … more →
Invest-then-Harvest Pricing in Medicare Part D
wrote 3 weeks ago: Individuals face switching frictions in many products, and insurance exchanges are no exception. In … more →
The mystery of the donut hole. Why does it need to be mysterious?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Before my husband went on Medicare, I spent many hours researching the rules and the options trying … more →
The Bush Legacy
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Image via The Washington Post. With the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum having opened it … more →
"A Very Sweet Deal": Prescription Drug Price-Gouging Enabled By Congress
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much. But one thing they would agree on if they knew … more →
The New Swedish Model?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The advocates of “austerity now!” are talking about Sweden. Last year Fraser Nelson wrot … more →
#BIO2013 Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Day 3 here at BIO, the session I am covering today is focused on Patient Protection and the A … more →
Bill introduced to begin rollback of high Medicare drug prices
wrote 1 month ago: Gaius Publius | America Blog | April 18, 2013 Just a short news item, since I just saw this (and in … more →
One Coin, Two Sides?
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wrote 1 month ago: It is interesting to see the “news” agencies and the politicians dance back and forth be … more →
On Medicare and live in the South? Make sure you’re not taking a high-risk drug.
wrote 1 month ago: Senior Medicare beneficiaries in the Southeast are more likely to be taking at least one high-risk d … more →
Obama's 2014 #Budget Places Burden on #Biotech Industry
wrote 1 month ago: I promised you in my posting yesterday, President Obama Proposes his Fiscal Year 2014 #Budget, that … more →
President Obama Proposes his Fiscal Year 2014 #Budget
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wrote 1 month ago: President Barack Obama speaks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Today President Obama sent congress … more →
A BIG Reason to Stop Mandating Mail Order Pharmacy
wrote 1 month ago: Mail order pharmacy services may not be safe. The delivery of prescriptions is unregulated and the e … more →
Big Pharma Price Gouging
wrote 1 month ago: 100_0290.jpg (Photo credit: martinboz) Health Care for America Now released new research today that … more →
Big Pharma Pockets $711 Billion in Profits by Robbing Seniors, Taxpayers
wrote 1 month ago: Big Pharma Pockets $711 Billion in Profits by Robbing Seniors, Taxpayers 08 Apr 2013 Here’s an … more →
