Blomberg to limit legal pain killers, says that people have to suffer

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by no1brownsfan

My wife's company nicotine tests new candidates. Current employees are grandfathered in. As I've said, I support the rights of business owners, but there is a fine line and they cross it when they infringe on the individual liberties of others and itruding on an individual's private lives. It's our own damn fault for allowing it, and allowing the insurance companies to get too big for their britches! Businesses complain about government overreach, and over regulation, yada yada, but then turn around and do it to their employees! Anyway, having said that, it should not be up to the employer to provide insurance to it's employees? Insurance while it should be affordable, should be the responsibility of the individual.

And it was at one time in America until the government got involved.
I was a college student and had insurance with Blue Cross/Blue Shield and was affordable.

The minute you subsidize something you let the cat out of the bag for price inflation because people then don't care how much something costs if they don't have to pay the full price.

Government seems to be good at that.

[hoooka]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Opioid ( pain pill) addiction is an epidemic in the U.S., across the socio-economic spectrum. Doctor shopping and script forgery is common stuff. People routinely present in ERs on a quest for drugs. Some of them self harm. Nowhere is this more common than city/county hospitals.

The purpose of an ER is to stabilize patients. Limiting scripts writen in city/county ERs to a three day supply seems to be in keeping with the purpose of an ER.

On the otherhand, nothing prevents a drug seeker from returning in three days just as there is nothing to prevent someone from ordering another super-sized soda.

Maybe MB is thinking if they have to come back so soon with more damage self inflicted it may kill them off. LOL

[HappyTexan]

There will probably be a surge in the black market for these pills now.
Not like they can't be gotten elsewhere and then sold in NYC.

Drug dealers must be very happy with Bloomberg.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

And I guess the medical community won't do anything about it so the local government will step in and save the day.

What prevents a person living in NYC from getting their pills in NJ ?

The cost of driving there. It's like your first born son to go over the bridges.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by LauraC

The cost of driving there. It's like your first born son to go over the bridges.

Don't have to drive. Take the PATH train.
Or the bus up to Weschester.