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Episode: Hidden In $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill: MORE Censorship Of Physicians. Dr. Joel Zinberg Discusses Omnibus’ Risky Limitations of Off-Label Prescriptions
Description: “1 in 5 prescriptions are written for an off-label use” writes Dr. Joel Zinberg. But a section of the new spending bill could take away a physician’s ability to use their clinical judgement when writing prescriptions – and CA’s AB2098 could muzzle doctors’ speech even more. Dr. Joel Zinberg – an expert on the crossroads between medicine and law – discusses LIVE on Ask Dr. Drew.Dr. Joel M. Zinberg, M.D., J.D. is a senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He is a native New Yorker who recently completed two years as General Counsel and Senior Economist at the Council o...