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Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Drug reimbursement claims were used to identify periods of overlapping exposure to 2 or more prescription drugs between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016. Results: Our cohort included 63,834 individuals aged 19-64 (mean age 44.9 Study design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study using provincial administrative health databases.

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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Share of patients with heat exhaustion increased 53 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021

Medical Xpress

Among privately insured individuals receiving medical services, the percentage of patients diagnosed with heat exhaustion increased 52.5 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021. These and other findings are reported in a FAIR Health brief released today, Heat-Related Illness: A Window into Recent Trends.

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President Biden Gives the Green Light for Significant Marijuana Reform

FDA Law Blog

The president’s first step was a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and a direction to the Attorney General to develop an administrative process to issue certificates of pardon to eligible individuals. HHS has undertaken scientific and medical evaluations of marijuana in recent years.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

However, in 2016 they began to realize that the rules and oversight from insurance companies and government entities were creating an environment that took the focus of physicians away from the patients and onto their computers and the completion of irrelevant busywork.

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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. § The Final Rule a.

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Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

FDA Law Blog

Governors, state cannabis regulators, law enforcement groups and local governments weighed in, as did marijuana advocates and opponents, marijuana industry associations, Members of Congress, federal law enforcement groups, healthcare and human rights groups, unions and trade associations, and private individuals. 812(c)(c)(10). 21 U.S.C. §