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A Plan to Stop a Silent Killer

October 14, 2014 By senedmarkey 17 Comments

A Plan to Stop a Silent Killer By Senator Edward J. Markey Heroin and prescription drug addiction is an equal-opportunity destroyer of lives and families across Massachusetts are struggling with the recent scourge of overdoses that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: federal, health-care, heroin, massachusetts, prescription-drugs

Prescription Drug Addiction: A Medical Condition, Not A Moral Failure

April 24, 2012 By PaulHeroux 4 Comments

Close to Home Prescription drug abuse and addiction is prevalent in America yet it lurks in the shadows. We don't like to talk about it because of the stigma associated with it. But if you are still reading this, you probably know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attleboro, crime, criminalization-of-mental-illness, drug-policy, drugs, mental-illness, plainville, prescription-drugs, tough-on-crime

Podcast Interview With Melody Petersen Available At BlueCrossFoundation.org

June 12, 2009 By bcbsma-foundation Leave a Comment

A transcript of the podcast interview is available here.  Listen to the podcast here. New episodes of “Prescriptions for Health Reform” are uploaded every two weeks at BlueCrossFoundation.org; they are also available via … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care-reform, pharmaceutical-companies, prescription-drugs

Drug makers love ignorance

February 10, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 28 Comments

via Krugman, we see that PhRMA would like to keep us as their pet mushrooms: Kept in the dark, and fed nothing but @#$%. WASHINGTON -- The drug and medical-device industries are mobilizing to gut a provision in the stimulus bill that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auerbach, costs, disclosure, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

“Take a backbone pill”

December 14, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 4 Comments

In case you missed it, from Friday's Globe unsigned editorial:Last summer, Governor Patrick signed a health cost control bill that included strict new limits on financial ties between drug companies and doctors. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, disclosure, dph, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

Lack of disclosure still doesn’t add up.

December 12, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 7 Comments

Last Friday, the Globe got its mitts on the draft regulations for the pharmaceutical company gift ban. Monday morning I wrote a post decrying the lack of a disclosure requirement for pharma companies disclose how much and to whom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auerbach, costs, disclosure, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

McCain Used Senatorial Connections To Cover Up Wife’s Illegal Drug Activities

September 11, 2008 By Laurel 31 Comments

Tom Gosinski worked for Cindy McCain's medical aid charity until he realized that she was getting drug prescriptions for herself written in his name and the names of other employees.  He complained and was fired.  Now he is coming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cindy-mccain, cover-up, prescription-drugs, tom-gosinski

PhRMA puts the screws to Patrick

August 8, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 5 Comments

PhRMA is freaking out over the possibility of gift restrictions to docs, and urging the Gov to amend or veto S.2863, the big fat Act To Promote Cost Containment, Transparency, and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drugs, health-care, massachusetts, patrick, phrma, prescription-drugs

PhRMA gift ban: Save The Sandwiches!

June 2, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 29 Comments

And how will the Massachusetts economy react to the loss of over $40,000,000 of food sales from local restaurants and delicatessens that are currently the makers of these simple sandwiches and salads for the doctor's "Lunch and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gift-ban, health-care, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

Pharma gift ban: HCFA asks for your phone calls

May 14, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 7 Comments

Got this email yesterday: The Senate recently passed legislation prohibiting pharmaceutical and medical device companies from giving gifts to health care providers.  This measure is critical for consumers.  The industry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, drugs, hcfa, health-care, phrma, prescription-drugs

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