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Another Side Effect of ObamaCare…Dr. Rationing (Donald Berwick) to decide if cancer drug is ‘necessary’ to save someone’s life *Scotty Starnes *| August 15, 2010 at 5:39 PM | Tags: cancer treatments , CMS, death panels , Donald Berwick , Dr. Donald Berwick , FDA, government run health care, health care rationing, Medicaid , Medicare, Obamacare , pro-health care rationing, prostate cancer , Provenge , rationing czar, The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, UK health care | Categories: Uncategorized| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-2gl

ObamaCare=the government decides what is “necessary” to substain life

Don’t worry folks. You will learn to love ObamaCare and it’s death panels. It is a death panel when you have a pro-health care rationing lover like Dr. Donald Berwickrunning the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is the one that decides what medical procedures/medicines/treatments are approved in our government-run health care rationing system.

The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance reports:

Provenge, a vaccine to treat the recurrence of prostate cancer, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The vaccine is made from a patient’s own blood cells with cancer cells and an immune boosting substance. A three dose course of the immunotherapy is estimated to cost $93,000. According to the company producing the vaccine, that equals $23,000 per added month of life.

Medicare usually covers the cost of FDA-approved anti-cancer therapies. However, *the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is still reviewing whether it will cover Provenge, and at what rate.*

The CMS statute states that Medicare must cover therapies that are reasonable and necessary, while the FDA is instructed to approve drugs that are safe and effective. Because of the conflicting Federal coverage and approval requirements, there are some non-FDA approved drugs (called off-label drugs) that are paid for by CMS. However, with respect to Provenge, it appears that CMS is arguing that while the treatment is safe and effective, *it may not be reasonable and necessary*. *For the first time, an FDA approved anti-cancer therapy may not be covered by Medicare.*

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July 7, 2010 News article Posted/forwarded by: Reznews List Owner – l.kibby@frontier.com Reznews is not responsible for the contents of the news article

Crime and Courts: Authorities say drug dealers may be using casinos to launder money http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/crime_and_courts/blog/article_2e08be46-8946-11df-9396-001cc4c03286.html

Crime and Courts: Authorities say drug dealers may be using casinos to launder money STEVEN ELBOW | selbow@madison.com | Posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 6:00 am

The state’s Native American casinos might be providing reservations with economic growth, but they’ve also ushered in new levels of drugs and crime, according to authorities.

A drug threat assessment by the recently formed Native American Drug and Gang Task Force raises concerns about 21 casinos run by the Native American tribes under its jurisdiction – the Lac du Flambeau, Stockbridge-Munsee, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, Menominee, Oneida, Red Cliff and St. Croix. (Because the Ho Chunk, Potawatomi and Mole Lake reservations don’t have their own police forces, instead relying on state or county drug enforcement, they were not included in the report.)

“Casinos have changed the complexion of the reservations with respect to improving jobs, economic growth, revenue, per capita payments and, unfortunately with it, generated an influx of more drug and gang activity as a result,” the report says.

I requested all of the state’s drug threat assessments – annual reports required for the state’s 13 state-funded drug task forces – a few weeks back, and they provide a look at drug problems facing the various parts of the state, such as the methamphetamine problem that persists along the state’s western border that I wrote about last week.

The Native American task force report says there has been an influx of gang members, most notably Latin Kings, gambling at casinos. The report raises concerns that drug dealers are taking drug profits into casinos, exchanging them for chips, then a short time later cashing out their chips for clean cash.

There have been no documented investigations, but “There might be federal cases that the task force in not aware of regarding money laundering,” the report says.

But there is troublesome anecdotal information.

Cash used by law enforcement to purchase illegal drugs has turned up at Wisconsin casinos, and surveillance video has shown suspected gang members exchanging cash for chips, then cashing out.

“The important factor to remember is that the casinos attract criminal elements from throughout the U.S. and world that are sophisticated,, organized and involved in money laundering,” the report says.

There’s plenty of drug cash flowing on the reservations. The report says groups associated with the Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings and Native American gangs like the Native Mob and Sovereign Nation Warriors are becoming entrenched on the reservations. The Lac Courte Oreilles Latin Kings have plans to open a restaurant to launder their profits after sending gang members to college so they can learn to run the business, according to the report.

“It is clear that the Latin Kings are attempting to become more sophisticated,” the report says.

Authorities on the reservations say they are battling cocaine, pharmaceuticals such as Oxycontin, marijuana and methamphetamine. But a tightly woven culture of secrecy has made it difficult for undercover officers to infiltrate tribal drug networks.

“The large family structures, generations of family members that reside within the reservations, provide for a steady flow of intelligence/information between family members,” the report says. “More importantly, Native Americans are reluctant to cooperate with law enforcement because of retribution to them or their families.”

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acnnews 6 Cuba Leads Trials on Drug to Treat Prostate Enlargement

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 1 (acn) Cuban scientists developed a drug out of fruits of the royal palm for the treatment of benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP). The medicament is on the first phase of clinical trials. The announcement was made during the 15th Congress of the National Center of Scientific Research (CNIC) that took place recently in Havana, Juventud Rebelde reported. Yohani Perez, researcher with the Center of Natural Products of CNIC, said studies held with extracts from the fruits of royal palms have proved effective on mice with enlargement of the prostate. BEP is a very frequent condition in men over 50 years due to a reduction of testosterone levels. The trials on humans were started after toxicology studies confirmed that it was safe, and so far the medicament has been tolerated by the patients. In the world, medicines for the treatment of BEP are highly expensive. Because obtaining the raw materials to produce them is very hard for Cuba, the immediate medical solution to the health problem is surgery.

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Emplean la palma real en medicamento para la próstata

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*End the Drug War * John Stossel Wednesday, June 16, 2010

I’m confused. When I walk around busy midtown Manhattan, I often smell marijuana. Despite the crowds, some people smoke weed in public. Usually the police leave them alone, and yet other times they act like a military force engaged in urban combat. This February, cops stormed a Columbia, Mo., home, killed the family dog and terrorized a 7-year-old boy — for what? A tiny quantity of marijuana.

Two years ago, in Prince George’s County, Md., cops raided Cheye Calvo’s home — all because a box of marijuana was randomly shipped to his wife as part of a

smuggling operation. Only later did the police learn that Calvo was innocent

NYT reports Gates memo: `absence of an effective strategy should Iran … assemble all the major parts it needs for a nuclear weapon — fuel, designs and detonators — but stop just short of assembling a fully operational weapon. In that case, Iran could remain a signatory of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty while becoming what strategists call a “virtual” nuclear weapons state. … the memorandum also calls for new thinking about how the United States might contain Iran’s power if it decided to produce a weapon, and how to deal with the possibility that fuel or weapons could be obtained by one of the terrorist groups Iran has supported, which officials said they considered to be a less-likely possibility.’

MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/world/middleeast/18iran.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002764-503544.html

The-establishing a new drug trade , is that what we are there for???…..regardless the usual foreign export of crops American Farmers could be growing and exporting….my opinion Legalize Cannabis, and start creating industries from its many, many uses beside ” getting high”….there are many medicinal, and industrial uses that come from this marvelous plant….its legalization can help American Farmers financially…..

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

The-establishing a new drug trade , is that what we are there for???…..regardless the usual foreign export of crops American Farmers could be growing and exporting….my opinion Legalize Cannabis, and start creating industries from its many, many uses beside ” getting high”….there are many medicinal, and industrial uses that come from this marvelous plant….its legalization can help American Farmers financially…..

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html