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drug
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EconomicsFeaturedGovernmentHealth CareRegulation
Are We Making the Opioid Problem Worse?
by Daniel Sutter July 2, 2018Opioid abuse is taking a tremendous toll on America, with 42,000 opioid-related deaths in 2016.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Chris Hughes: On the Front Lines of the FDA’s War on Vaping
by Jim Lakely August 25, 2016Chris Hughes, owner of Fat Cat Vapor Shop, former president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association or SFATA, joins the podcast to to talk about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new deeming rules on vaping products and e-cigarettes.
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Recently, my patients with commercial insurance were paying $15 out of pocket per vial for analogue rapid-acting insulin. A Medicare patient was paying $40 per vial for the same insulin until she entered the “donut hole,” at which point her price went to $102 per vial.