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NewsPsychiatrists accused of drugging kids to game Medicaid
A mental health advocacy group has sued several child psychiatrists, health service agencies, pharmacies and Alaska state officials, claiming that the doctors were permitted to prescribe unnecessary Read more...
No drug reform, no relief for the poor
This week, two seemingly unrelated stories caught my eye--both addressing issues in managing psychiatric drugs for the poor. Taken together, they point to a crisis that is unlikely to be so much as Read more...
Psychiatrist faces Grassley's wrath over Medicaid prescribing
A Miami psychiatrist has incurred the wrath of no less than Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who argues that the doctor is dramatically over-prescribing medications for Medicaid patients. Grassley Read more...
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