Whites More Likely to Get ER Narcotics
CHICAGO -- Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine...
Nearly two million poor people will soon receive Medicare drug discount cards in the mail, a new step by the Bush administration to boost enrollment in the program.