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California’s Pharmacy Board Is Actively Endangering Californians: A Patient’s Perspective

November 1, 2024 2:55 amNovember 1, 2024 11:22 am

In 2019, Governor Newsom signed a bill (Assembly Bill 973) into law that opened the floodgates for the California State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) to regulate compounding pharmacies out of existence—particularly the highly specialized sterile compounding pharmacies, of which only...

Healthcare Professionals Can Help Mitigate the Consequences of Government Price Controls

August 30, 2024 9:11 amAugust 30, 2024 9:11 am

In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released details around medicine that will be subject to the first round of government price controls—newfound authority originating from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. While the intent to lower costs for patients is...

30,000 Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Employees Set to Strike Nov. 15

November 5, 2021 10:46 amNovember 5, 2021 10:59 am

Kaiser Permanente in Southern California is set to strike November 15th, the Globe was told Thursday by a Kaiser physician. The walkout is expected to impact 366 Southern California hospitals and medical centers in Anaheim, the Antelope Valley, Baldwin Park,...