PHARMACIST STEVE

Is the ACA treating America without informed consent?

http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/aca-treating-america-without-informed-consent

Robert L. Mabee is a pharmacist and attorney practicing in Sioux Falls, S.D. He also holds an MBA. Contact him at rlmabee@mabeelaw.com.

In the practice of medicine, informed consent is essential. Before treating a patient, the provider must make sure the patient understands what is going to be done and consents to the treatment. Failure to obtain informed consent is a basis for a claim of negligence as medical malpractice. Lying to a patient or intentionally misleading a patient is gross negligence in many jurisdictions and might be the basis for criminal charges.

The case can be made that the ACA was passed without the informed consent of voters because their legislators were misled. While some naïve supporters in the Congress and Senate freely admitted they had never even read the act or the regulations before voting for it, in fact there is evidence to suggest that they were systematically and intentionally misled. Such conduct could constitute gross negligence.

Is a Pharmacist lying or misleading a patient about the availability of a specific medication.. either in stock or not, on order or not, unavailable from the manufacturer or not.. Is that a basis for CRIMINAL CHARGES ?

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