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Thursday, 25 January 2018

#1 Psychics are mind readersPsychics are “energy readers”. More than anything else: a good psychic reader will sense how you are feeling and what’s happening in your energy field. She’ll pick up on why you feel what you feel, and the struggle you may be having in making a decision.
She can sense which choice provides a clearer, righter path for you. But she won’t know when your birthday is or what your favorite song is.
A good psychic won’t even bother to try to read your mind because the real, deeper information is stored only in your heart and in your soul-field. If a psychic needs certain “mental” information from you, she’ll just ask.
For example, an astrologer may ask you your exact date, time and place of birth. Or, a psychic-medium may ask you the name of your deceased loved one you want to connect to. This information is the means to get a good reading - not the ends.

#2 Psychics know everything 24/7 Well, psychics are people, and people get tired and they can make mistakes. There’s a reason why your favorite online psychic is sometimes offline!
Psychic practice can be demanding work and many psychics need a lot of me-time to recharge their batteries. They can’t be “On” 24/7.
Psychics can’t know everything, simply because that’s against human nature. Just like you, each psychic is on a journey - there’s always more to explore, learn. There’s always more room to grow.
Even when they get help from spirit guides, they only get the information that’s relevant in that moment. Psychics are like water channels: they connect two separate bodies - you and information you don’t know about

#3 Psychics should be 100% correct If the information is coming from a supernatural entity or from a mystery school such as the Tarot, then it must be true, right?
No, because this “information” is only a peek into your life. It’s not the whole picture. It’s only what you need to hear in that particular moment so you can make your next choice consciously. Sometimes you need to hear a certain truth so you could grow while trying to prevent it from happening.
Your future is not set in stone - you have many possibilities ahead of you. There’s a reason why it’s called “psychic advice” and not “psychic enforcement!”
Psychics can’t walk your path for you, nor will they pressure you to walk a certain path. Even if you consult several psychics, you remain the owner of your choices and your life. What you do with the psychic information you receive changes your future.

#4 Intuition equals psychic abilities You don’t become a chef if all you can make is pasta. Intuition is just a small part of being a professional psychic. It is an important part, but it’s a small part.
Many psychics undergo years of training in different mystery schools. They become proficient in diverse techniques such as crystal ball, cartomancy, spiritual channeling etc. They also learn to meditate, clear their field, and ground their energy before giving a reading.
Being a professional psychic is real work - it’s a career. Psychics spend many years to expand their skills, become better and better, and build a happy client base. They specialize in love & relationships, career, health or other life matters. Merely having intuition isn’t enough to become an established psychic.

#5 All psychics are mediums There’s a big difference between psychics and psychic-mediums. Psychics can see the past, present and future. They travel in the dimension of time, here in the physical world.
Psychic mediums, on the other hand, cross the bounds of our world and connect with the spirit world. They travel through space. The two require completely different skill sets.
Before you choose your psychic, make sure you know what you are looking for. Not all psychics are proficient in all psychic abilities. Check their profile and see if they can deliver exactly what you need.

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Big Pharma BOOM: Drug prices SOARED in 2017 and you’ll never guess who’s getting YOUR medicine rebates

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January 23, 2018 Add Comment

President Donald J. Trump campaigned, in part, on a pledge to pursue policies that would end the nightmare trend of skyrocketing costs for medications across America, and the latest data on Big Pharma’s revenue stream proves once again that this is a promise he really needs to keep.

In October, the president heavily criticized drug prices and Big Pharma in general, while suggesting he was preparing to take policy actions aimed at bringing down drug prices.

“We are going to get prescription drug prices way down because the world is taking advantage of us,” he said during a press conference, noting that often, some of the same drugs sold outside of the U.S. cost a fraction of what Americans have to pay.

“The same exact pill from the same company, same box, same everything, is a tiny fraction of what it costs in the United States,” he said.

Earlier the same day, The Hill reported, Trump told his Cabinet that drug companies were “frankly getting away with murder,” which he used on a campaign trail.

Last summer, administration officials floated the notion that Trump could issue an executive order clearing away regulatory barriers that companies blame for raising drug costs. (Related: US drug prices spike due to the profiteering monopoly granted to Big Pharma by the corrupt US government.)

But what about the middlemen who are helping to drive up costs? Like most Americans, you didn’t know about them, did you?

As Kaiser Health reported:

The complicated pharmaceutical supply chain in the United States means middlemen — such as pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) and, in some cases, hospitals and doctors’ offices — can gain financially by choosing more expensive drugs. That’s because PBMs usually get a rebate from the drugmakers on top of whatever profit they get from selling or administering the drug.

Those rebates often are based on a percentage of the list, or wholesale, price. So, the middlemen who get the rebates take in more money when drugmakers raise those sticker prices.

So, who pockets the rebates? PBM firms, of course — companies whose job it is to ‘oversee’ drug benefits for millions of Americans. They share all or part of the rebates with insurers or those who hire them. And in some cases, Kaiser Health noted, “the rebates go directly to specialty pharmacies, medical clinics or physicians dispensing the treatments” — some of the very same people and firms who are already benefiting from sky-high drug prices.

Who doesn’t get the rebates? You guessed it: Patients.

There are other ways these rebates skewer the pharmaceutical market: They make it more difficult for some drug makers to offer new treatments, or they can block less expensive rival products from being developed or used.

For instance, if insurers wanted to add lower-cost drugs as a preferred alternative to a high-cost drug, the rep from the firm making the higher-cost medication would come calling on the insurer in no time, threatening to end future rebate payments.

How’s that for a scandal?

It gets worse. Kaiser Health noted that PBMs do not disclose rebates provided to their clients, but available data suggest it’s an incredibly large amount of money per year:

The Berkeley Research Group, a consulting firm that advises major employers, said that rebates and other discounts paid to insurers, PBMs and the U.S. government for brand-name drugs grew from $67 billion in 2013 to $106 billion in 2015.

Some families are paying out hundreds of dollars per month for more expensive medication that falls under their [lousy] high-deductible insurance. Others are paying out thousands of dollars.

This is having a tangible, negative effect on real people, say health experts. Like, it’s causing people to do without care and medications because they can’t afford them.

“Seeing a patient give up needed medication or not be able to pay for food or housing because of high drug costs is devastating,” said Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., chief medical advisor for Consumer Reports. “And while it’s not always possible to limit those costs, often it is.”

Drug prices are not expected to fall in 2018 at all and, in fact, will continue rising unless Congress and the administration acts.

J.D. Heyes is editor of The National Sentinel and a senior writer for Natural News and News Target.