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This is a response to: Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administrations did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis , experts say. NT
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And I wonder, what extraordinary measures has the Trump Administration taken to fight the fentanyl crisis? NT
03/20/19 03:50 PM






If no one from the future stops you from doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?

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* The Fentanyl Failure
AskMedia
03/20/19 02:44 PM
xx * ACA AKA Obamacare also required providers no longer consider drug abuse a pre-existing condition and made insurers cover mental health and substance abuse also as an extension of
petite6
03/20/19 03:01 PM
xx * "But for years, Congress didn’t provide significant funding to combat fentanyl or the larger opioid epidemic." OBama warned about Climate Change and Congress did nothing, people
petite6
03/20/19 02:53 PM
xx * Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administrations did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis , experts say. NT
AskMedia
03/20/19 02:45 PM
xx * And I wonder, what extraordinary measures has the Trump Administration taken to fight the fentanyl crisis? NT
Beard
03/20/19 03:50 PM
xx * In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter to high-level officials in the Obama administration. The administration considered the request but did not act
AskMedia
03/20/19 04:32 PM
xx * In October 2017, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. NT
AskMedia
03/20/19 04:32 PM
xx * Trump declared an emergency over opioids. A new report finds it led to very little.
petite6
03/20/19 07:23 PM
xx * In 2018, President Trump’s unveiled his Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse.
AskMedia
03/20/19 04:40 PM
xx * It's amusing that the Trump white house takes credit for a reduction in teenagers missusing prescriptions and people "over the age of 26" using heroin for the first time in his first year in office.
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Blockhead
03/21/19 07:29 PM
xx * 'Game changer': China agrees to crack down on fentanyl after pressure from Trump
AskMedia
03/20/19 04:55 PM
xx * It took Trump 9 months to declare a public health emergency, then another 5 months to actually put together a plan and get it funded,
Beard
03/20/19 05:20 PM
xx * It took Obama 4 years to do nothing. After tens of thousands of deaths,
AskMedia
03/21/19 04:08 PM
xx * Why are 40% of the fentanyl related deaths attributed to Obama after he left office? NT
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Blockhead
03/21/19 07:48 PM
xx * Possibly bcs. experts are characterizing the failure to act on the letter and other subsequent lackluster efforts from the administration to contain fentanyl as a massive institutional failure
AskMedia
03/21/19 08:37 PM
xx * A letter to address a massive problem is already a joke in itself. Obama addressed insurers discriminating against drug users BY not covering them and allowing the ACA and medicaid to provide
petite6
03/21/19 08:58 PM
xx * Your supporting article only mentioned a 5 month lead time, so that's what I went with. You are now presenting new information as if it was already known,
Beard
03/21/19 05:58 PM
xx * You’ve already asked that question. I answered you in above posts. Sorry you’re not happy with the evidence in the supporting Washington Post article. The information
AskMedia
03/21/19 08:22 PM
xx * Yes, the core information was there, but the leap to the conclusion that Obama knew it all from the start and did nothing for 3-4 years was totally new.
Beard
03/21/19 08:39 PM
xx * And what exactly were Republicans doing? They were in charge of the legislature for 6 years why didn't they come up with anything? NT
petite6
03/21/19 09:00 PM
xx * They kept Obama from doing stuff, which was their primary stated duty, and they floated umptydozen bills to repeal the ACA, even though they knew there wasn't a hope in hell of passing them
Beard
03/21/19 09:27 PM
xx * These discussions are empty because they're wrong in value. If drug users weren't getting adequate treatment before ACA there would have been more deaths. ACA saved thousands more and history
petite6
03/21/19 09:53 PM
xx * But mostly, it's empty because it seeks to move the discussion to someone and somewhen else. An attempt to blame Obama for the crisis
Beard
03/22/19 06:38 AM
xx * Wasn't that the purpose? NT
sneakypie
03/22/19 02:43 PM
xx * Well, yes, but we weren't supposed to realize that. Or, maybe it didn't matter if we realized it or not, since they knew we'd take the bait. NT
Beard
03/22/19 04:17 PM
xx * THIS , THIS , NT
janie8
03/21/19 09:44 PM
xx * And how is this Obama's responsibility? Obama wanted gun control legislation didn't get it. Obama asked for public option didn't get it. His budget asked to increase health care credits, didn't
petite6
03/21/19 07:03 PM
xx * Kellyanne Conway leading an ‘opioids cabinet,’ as she assumes more active policy role
petite6
03/20/19 07:22 PM
xx * Oh, well, that's a real game changer. NT
Beard
03/20/19 07:41 PM

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