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Buckwheat Drops Medicare Changes

Mike

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No doubt his "Legacy" was getting in the way. :lol:
The Obama administration says it's pulling the plug on proposed changes to the Medicare prescription program that ran into strong opposition on Capitol Hill.

Among other changes, the regulation proposed to remove three classes of drugs from a special protected list that guarantees seniors access to a wide selection of critical medications.

The three classes of drugs facing removal were antidepressants, antipsychotics and drugs that suppress the immune system to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.

The administration hoped to save a total of $729 million by 2019 with the change. But patient groups including the National Kidney Foundation and the National Alliance on Mental Illness pushed back hard.

Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner said Monday in a letter to Congress that the administration will not move forward with the changes.
 

iwannabeacowboy

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This was passed by Congress right? :roll:


So when litigation comes about from this law, what takes precedent- the law or the executive orders?

Why would anyone follow the law if it is not being upheld and can be proven?
 

Steve

Well-known member
food for thought

The three classes of drugs facing removal were antidepressants, antipsychotics

over the last year we have heard alot about access to mental health both from obamacare, and concerning gun violence.

so why would they cut antidepressants, antipsychotics ?















not that all these drugs are good or help people but some folk need to be on something. cause they just aren't right.
on a side note: I think some of these medications are responsible for some of these shootings. as one drug has been connected to several of the shooters,. but that is a conspiracy theory that I do not have enough facts of access to enough data to present.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/04/politics/u-s-capitol-shooting/
 
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