A recent survey found that more than half of both medical students and nurses in training prefer not to work in patient care. In the United States 63% of medical students and 60% of nursing students report hoping to work in non-clinical areas of medicine, such as public health management, research or business consultancy.
Author: Devon Herrick
That Cheap Drug From Mexico (or Bought Online) May Not Be What You Think
Years ago I crossed into Mexico from Weslaco, Texas. You could park on the U.S. side and walk across the bridge into Mexico. If you pull up Weslaco on Google Maps it lists eight different pharmacies or clinics within several blocks of the international border crossing. Google Maps does not always list every business. There are probably more than eight. As I recall there were rows of pharmacies. The storefronts were often narrow but deep. On one side of the pharmacy was cheap drugs while on the other side was cheap liquor.
Biden Administration Stalling Trump’s Drug Reimportation Rule
It is true that Americans pay the highest price for drugs of any country. If you want to know why, buy an economics textbook and read up on price discrimination, price controls and the effect of third-party payment on medical prices.
Drug Donation Programs Slowly Spread Across the Country
When I was a kid we never threw out unused prescription medications. Antibiotics and pain relievers were especially always saved and used, sometimes not necessarily by the person to whom they were prescribed. Of course, drugs that had a very specific purpose like my mother’s thyroid medication were not shared for obvious reasons. If a prescription brand or strength was change the old pills would languish in the bathroom medicine cabinet. As unorthodox as this may sound, it’s catching on with states, sort of.