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The hospital had been on the verge of closing before it began participating in the lucrative drug testing program. Officials say the latest financial statement is more evidence the medical center cannot support itself.
Easy-To-Use Test Strips To Detect Powerful Fentanyl Becomes Latest Weapon To Fight Opioid Crisis
Fentanyl’s recent arrival in California is raising alarms across the state because of how powerful it is. The synthetic drug is 30 to 50 times more powerful than heroin, making the overdose risk extremely high.
It’s going to take “years” to transition California into a single-payer system, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says. “It is not an act that would occur by the signature of the next governor.”
Bernie Sanders Wants To Impose Prison Sentences On Pharma Executives Who Play Role In Opioid Crisis
The proposed legislation from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would also prohibit companies from direct marketing of opioid products without adequate warning of their addictive properties and establish a reimbursement fund that would collect revenues from the penalties imposed. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issues a proposed change for the DEA regarding distribution quotas, and Patrick Kennedy stands to profit from his advocacy for more spending on the opioid epidemic.
New CDC Director Divests Stock, Resigns From Four Groups To Comply With Ethics Standards
“The job of CDC Director is very important to me,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said. He took over the spot following the departure of Brenda Fitzgerald, who left amid controversy over tobacco stocks.
Valley Children’s Healthcare Snapping Up Land For Its Specialty Clinic
The health system has several development projects in the hopper including more clinics and a pediatric primary-care office.
Daughter Draws On Lifetime Of Personal Experience As She Wages Fight Against Opioid Crisis
Brittany Pettersen, now a Colorado lawmaker who is battling the crisis in her state with legislation to curb the epidemic, uses her mother’s fight against addiction to shine a light on the toll drug problems take on loved ones.
Stephon Clark’s Shooting Inspires ‘Die-In’ Protest By UC Davis Medical Students
“We’re demanding police accountability. We’re demanding our health care institutions do more trauma-informed care within our communities,” said Asadullah Awan, a medical student at the school and organizer for the event.
Fight Over Dialysis Payments Draws In The Big Guns
Lawmakers in the California Senate health committee are set to vote Wednesday on a measure that would crack down on third-party premium assistance for dialysis patients. The bill has the backing of insurers and powerful labor groups.
Bill To Expand Medi-Cal Coverage To Undocumented Adults Moves Forward
But proponents have not addressed how they suggest the state pay for it. The push is part of a larger effort to move California toward universal health care coverage.