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In January 2024, the Medical Unit and its pharmacy caught the media's attention when the [[Department of Defense Office of Inspector General]] issued an investigation report focused on prescription drug records and care between 2017 and 2019, during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|presidency of Donald Trump]]. There had been improper recording of prescriptions, disposal of controlled substances, and verification of identities, among other problems. The pharmacy dispensed expensive brand-name products for free, instead of cheaper [[generic drug|generic equivalents]], which is a violation of Defense department policy. Also, the Medical Unit spent considerable amounts of money on health care for numerous ineligible White House staff members, employees and contractors. | In January 2024, the Medical Unit and its pharmacy caught the media's attention when the [[Department of Defense Office of Inspector General]] issued an investigation report focused on prescription drug records and care between 2017 and 2019, during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|presidency of Donald Trump]]. There had been improper recording of prescriptions, disposal of controlled substances, and verification of identities, among other problems. The pharmacy dispensed expensive brand-name products for free, instead of cheaper [[generic drug|generic equivalents]], which is a violation of Defense department policy. Also, the Medical Unit spent considerable amounts of money on health care for numerous ineligible White House staff members, employees and contractors. | ||
The report makes recommendations that include developing policies and procedures for the White House Medical Unit to better manage medications, including their procurement, storage, inventory, prescribing, dispensing and disposal; developing a pharmaceutical oversight plan for the White House Medical Unit; developing controls for patient eligibility in the Military Health System; developing a plan to oversee eligibility of patients treated at the White House Medical Unit; developing a plan to oversee executive medical services, including patient access; developing controls for billing and cost recovery for care provided to non-military patients.<ref>{{cite report |date=January 8, 2024 |title=Evaluation of the DoD Internal Controls Related to Patient Eligibility and Pharmaceutical Management Within the National Capital Region Executive Medicine Services |url=https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jan/09/2003373440/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-044_REDACTED%20SECURE.PDF |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |page=68 |number=DODIG‑2024‑044 |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/16/ineligible-white-house-staffers-got-free-care-military-hospitals-free-prescription-drugs-watchdog.html/amp |title=Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible |last=Kime |first=Patricia |publication-date=January 16, 2024 |publisher=[[Military.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-white-house-has-its-own-pharmacy-and-boy-was-it-shady-under-trump/ |title=The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump |last=Mole |first=Beth |publication-date=January 24, 2024 |publisher=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/24/health/white-house-medical-unit-report/index.html |title=White House clinic handed out medications with little oversight during past administrations, new investigation shows |last=Goodman |first=Brenda |publication-date=January 24, 2024 |publisher= | The report makes recommendations that include developing policies and procedures for the White House Medical Unit to better manage medications, including their procurement, storage, inventory, prescribing, dispensing and disposal; developing a pharmaceutical oversight plan for the White House Medical Unit; developing controls for patient eligibility in the Military Health System; developing a plan to oversee eligibility of patients treated at the White House Medical Unit; developing a plan to oversee executive medical services, including patient access; developing controls for billing and cost recovery for care provided to non-military patients.<ref>{{cite report |date=January 8, 2024 |title=Evaluation of the DoD Internal Controls Related to Patient Eligibility and Pharmaceutical Management Within the National Capital Region Executive Medicine Services |url=https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jan/09/2003373440/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-044_REDACTED%20SECURE.PDF |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |page=68 |number=DODIG‑2024‑044 |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/16/ineligible-white-house-staffers-got-free-care-military-hospitals-free-prescription-drugs-watchdog.html/amp |title=Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible |last=Kime |first=Patricia |publication-date=January 16, 2024 |publisher=[[Military.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-white-house-has-its-own-pharmacy-and-boy-was-it-shady-under-trump/ |title=The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump |last=Mole |first=Beth |publication-date=January 24, 2024 |publisher=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/24/health/white-house-medical-unit-report/index.html |title=White House clinic handed out medications with little oversight during past administrations, new investigation shows |last=Goodman |first=Brenda |publication-date=January 24, 2024 |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-white-house-pharmacy-prescription-drugs-1234953535/ |title=Trump’s White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report |last=Ramirez |first=Nikki McCann|publication-date=January 24, 2024 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=January 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-clinic-improperly-distributed-controlled-substances-previo-rcna135787 |title=White House clinic improperly distributed controlled substances during previous administrations, new report says |last=Lebowitz |first=Megan|publication-date=January 25, 2024 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=January 30, 2024 |quote=Updated January 26, 2024. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/7 |title=Trump White House pharmacy improperly provided drugs and misused funds, Pentagon report says |last=Aboulenein |first=Ahmed |publication-date=January 28, 2024 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 30, 2024 |quote=Updated ago [sic] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-white-house-medical-unit-controlled-substances-inspector-general-report/ |title=Trump-era White House Medical Unit gave controlled substances to ineligible staff, watchdog finds |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |publication-date=January 29, 2024 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |access-date=January 30, 2024 }}</ref> | ||
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