I didn’t read the entire article, perhaps it is explained there.
Biggest take away is going after Medicare Fraud and all the other government administered med programs fraud.
Then they stuck the FAUX opioid crap in there. It’s all based on Chris Christie’s recommendations that Robert Redfield be CDC Director...he has a vendetta on pain meds. Because his Stupid Musician son 37 OD’d on Heroin laced with Fentanyl.
Andrew Kolodny is a Addiction Shrink head of PROP SUBOXONE pusher, plays on all sides of the field for profit.
So all GOP repeat the same FREAKING LIES along with the dems to con money from the feds for their broke states who treat addicts, but NOT Patients who are now treated as criminals because they need pain meds. Try being a Veteran who got blown up by a IED and need debridement of burns with NO PAIN MEDS. Or have gut wounds. They need life long pain meds.
New pain guidelines when out, but doctors are scared shitless to write a pain script. Not even for Post surgery. Most of the crap was for Private Ins.
Medicare still won’t cover dental, eye glasses, hearing aids, or wheelchairs of either type. Anything they deem Cosmetic comes out of your Pocket. And that crap 1.6% SS COLA raise 99% goes to Medicare. If you are also Tricare Life (Retried Military over 65) your Co-Pays will go up wiping any money SS does give you.
Big issues with pre-existing conditions is private ins doesn’t want to cover them. By the time you are 50 you have pre-existing conditions or were born with them. Private Ins has basically stopped paying for Pain meds even post surgery. Tylenol is what you will get.
This EO does NOT fix that.