1. He didn't release emergency funds, though he'd pledged to. Current public health emergency fund has only $57000.http://bit.ly/2ljzqG6
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2. He vowed to enable telemedicine addiction treatment, which is desperately needed, but hasn't.https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/26/trump-opioid-telemedicine-measure-critics-244222 …
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3. Also made no effort to increase electronic opioid prescribing and research on standards for treating pain safely http://bit.ly/2lY6gfs
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4. Instead, Trump is vowing that "really great advertising" will stop the crisis. The evidence: it won't.http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2017/10/trump_makes_the_opioid_epidemic_a_public_health_emergency_and_suggests_users.html …
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Also didn't contain any request to Congress to undo the IMD exclusion which has limited ability of
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Or remove the payments tied to patient satisfaction which is tied to pain and pain meds and promotes narcotic Rx
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I agree .
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How do we care for patients with cancer with significant pain in this crisis? Is a 3 day prescription appropriate?
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You mean compared to what Obama did about it, or YOU?
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Ok, compare him to Obama all you like - it doesn’t make what he (didn’t) do any less important. He is not committing any $ to the issue.
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Um, Meemee, the President CAN'T commit money to it, only Congress can, that's like a CONSTITUTIONAL thing, sweetie.
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Thanks for the condescension considering you are incorrect. Nat’l emergency comes with rapid $ allocation. PHE does not, he requested no $
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Actually attacking the source, prescription drugs, would offend too many donors.
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No other President has either......it's been ramping up for many years. What's your point?
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We must curtail it at the source - big pharma!
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Are you surprised?
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