Telepharmacy and independents face rural Iowa challenges
The Iowa Pharmacy Association outlines options for sustaining independent drugstores in small communities via telepharmacy and orderly ownership transitions. Telepharmacy pilots in Iowa and North Dakota show potential, while Medicare Part D shifts affect cash flow and margins for rural independents. Pharmacy benefit managers remain a major hurdle, shaping reimbursements and distributor leverage.
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Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Gainer
Todd Thompson
Jon
Kalona
Victor
Iowa Board of Pharmacy
Douglas Hoey
National Community Pharmacists Association
Pharmacy
Hoey
Congress approves budget deal amid tax hikes and spending debates
The plan raises taxes on the top 2 percent, extends unemployment benefits, and blocks physician fee cuts while avoiding broad spending cuts. It passes the Senate 89 to 8 after tense talks led by Vice President Biden and congressional leaders.
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Kentucky
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Tom Harkin
Iowa
Chuck Grassley
House
John Boehner
Ohio
Eric Cantor
Virginia
California
Kevin McCarthy
White House
Dave Camp
Michigan
Ways and Means Committee
Nancy Pelosi
Congressional Budget Office
Steve LaTourette
Treasury
McConnell
Washington
Sugars and obesity linked by brain response study
A test using MRI tracked how glucose and fructose drinks affect brain reward areas in 20 young adults. Glucose suppressed reward activity, while fructose did not, suggesting differing effects on hunger and eating. The report also notes debates over obesity risk estimates and critiques of Flegal’s mortality analysis, defending standard weight categories and adjustments.
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Yale University
Robert Sherwin
Katherine Flegal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Flegal
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