Pharmacists blocked drug cost cuts in Medicaid test
A California plan to cut Medicaid drug costs by five million dollars a year was blocked by two pharmaceutical firm members of the MFAA who steered a committee to amend the bill. Officials from New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and California accuse the industry of delaying repeal of anti substitution laws to stop generic drug use. Repeal of New York anti substitution law takes effect April 1.
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Russell Little wedding in prison at San Quentin
Russell Little, a Symbionese Liberation Army member convicted of killing Oakland schools chief Marcus Foster, wed Dorothy Ballew in a quiet San Quentin ceremony on November 1. The ceremony, held in a former visitor area now the North Segregation Unit, joined 29 couples and was conducted by Assistant County Clerk Stella Stolz.
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Riverside man indicted over cancer cure claims
Carey A. Reams faced indictment by Riverside County grand jury on charges of practicing medicine without a license and grand theft tied to a dubious treatment described as a diet of distilled water and lemon juice. The case concerns the May treatment of 2 1/2 year old Michael Riggs in Temecula, who later died of leukemia.
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