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Re: Worried about the "opioid epidemic"?

By: ribit in POPE IV | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 18 Jan 18 5:15 AM | 89 view(s)
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...one of my bro in laws (a hypochondriac by nature) goes to the VA regularly with complaints that are probably imaginary. Every time he comes home with a jar of oxy. I believe they are giving it to him to get him to STFU.




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Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!


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Worried about the "opioid epidemic"?
By: Beldin in POPE IV
Thu, 18 Jan 18 3:44 AM 		Msg. 42277 of 47202

Medicaid and Obamacare are heavily to blame. 

Report: Medicaid And Obamacare May Be Incentivizing Opioid Trafficking And Abuse

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/17/report-medicaid-incentivizing-opioid-abuse/

One of the largest entitlement programs in the country is incentivizing prescription drug trafficking and exacerbating the national opioid epidemic, according to a Senate report.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a Major Staff report Wednesday, which details how Medicaid policies governing prescription drug prices, expanded at the state level through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, "perversely" incentivize opioid abuse and illicit sales, as well as larger scale trafficking operations involving both criminal drug lords and respected doctors. ...

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