Ryan NicolMarch 28, 2019
3min655
He's now earning support from a majority of Florida's voters.
Tag: Prescription drugs
Ryan NicolMarch 28, 2019
Staff ReportsMarch 18, 2019
5min501
"The President is supportive of this effort," Gov. Ron DeSantis has said.
Drew WilsonMarch 5, 2019
4min614
Reigning in PBMs could slash prices without Washington's help.
Peter SchorschNovember 19, 2018
9min296
Consider this column an “open letter” of sorts to the Florida Department of Health. First, do no harm. Got that? Though those words are not actually printed in the Hippocratic Oath, but it’s still an important medical axiom. Here’s the deal. The feds recently passed a new law known as “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes […]
Peter SchorschMarch 14, 2018
3min444
A bill approved by the lawmakers in the final days of the 2018 Legislative Session could save Floridians some money next time they pick up a prescription. HB 351, sponsored by Deltona Republican Rep. David Santiago, aims to bring some pricing transparency to the pharmacy by giving customers the right to know if they could […]
Scott PowersApril 4, 2017
2min388
Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is seeking to extend Medicare low-income prescription drug subsidies to resident of Puerto Rico, with a bill he filed today. Nelson’s office estimated that the bill could help an estimated 400,000 low-income seniors in Puerto Rico afford the cost of prescription drugs. While low-income seniors living in the continental […]
Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2017
3min193
A pair of Democratic lawmakers announced Tuesday that they had filed bills to combat opioid abuse in Florida. HB 557 and SB 840 would cut the reporting window for when controlled substance distributions are made to one day, and would require pharmacies or other drug dispensaries to submit the information online. Current state law gives […]
Gary FineoutNovember 9, 2015
4min197
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who loudly opposed a medical marijuana measure that appeared on the 2014 ballot, is staying on the sidelines this time around. Bondi said she is still opposes the effort to legalize medical marijuana, but the state’s top legal officer is remaining silent on whether the Florida Supreme Court should block […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 20154min216
We get the calls every day. Parents, siblings, grandparents and friends are reaching out to our organization worried that their loved one is abusing prescription medicine. Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic and is skyrocketing among our nation’s teens. Kids are popping pills at an alarming rate. In fact, prescription medications are now the most […]
Guest AuthorDecember 29, 20134min200
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an unwarranted, unilateral, no-public-comment-allowed edict that will decrease payments for many interventional pain-medicine procedures. We expected some reductions due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A 4 to 7 percent cut was anticipated, but the greater than 50 percent decrease in reimbursement for cervical, lumbar and […]