BuzzFeed, May 11, 2018. “The action plan is too vague. Better negotiation of prices could mean almost anything,” Diana Zuckerman, president of the nonprofit National Center for Health Research, told BuzzFeed News. Focusing on out-of-pocket patient expenses instead of lower prices for the drugs themselves will lead to higher health insurance costs, she said.
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Questions Raised About Study Of Device To Ease Opioid Withdrawal
NPR, May 3, 2018. NPR reports that the “Bridge” treatment for opioid withdrawal is not proven to work and we say it should be taken off the market.
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Read More »Jackson Troubles Shine Light on a Fact of Washington Life: Sleeping Pills
Politico, April 25, 2018. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who is battling to save his nomination to be the secretary of veterans affairs, regularly handed out the sleep drug Ambien and the alertness drug Provigil to West Wing officials traveling on overseas flights. NCHR president says that behavior shouldn’t be allowed at the VA where quality of health care is an essential responsibility.
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