There should be a law !
I wrote the above post just a few weeks back… I received a email from a chronic pain pt from KY.. that is being cut off medication that the pt has been taking for some 10 yrs.. It would seem that the “all knowing bureaucrats” in Frankfort have passed some moronic “pill mill bill” that has scared the crap out of all the prescribers…
It was just a couple of years ago.. that this same bunch of morons passed a law that every healthcare provider had to get a KASPER report – the state’s PMP database – before prescribing or filling a controlled substance for a pt… Apparently that didn’t work so well… maybe because of what I have said before… fake/false/forged/stolen ID’s are as prevalent as calories at your Thanksgiving feast/dinner.
It is obvious – at least to me – that the criminals/addicts/diverters are MUCH SMARTER than the bureaucrats/politicians that are trying to stop diversion… maybe the bureaucrats/politicians are just as bright as a box of rocks and it doesn’t take much intelligence to out smart their rules/laws/regulations.
When you really think about it. there is really no qualifications required to be in the legislature… let’s face it.. collectively we elected people that are able to raise money to run TV ads… tell people you agree with their beliefs of what needs to be done or changed… even if you state that you are for AND against the same issue… and be able to lie to their constituents without concerns.
This pt’s stated that we need a “patient’s bill of rights”… what good is another law that our judicial system has no interest in enforcing ? The US Attorney General (Eric Holder) just left office after 6 yr… still being being charged with CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS and nothing being done…
IMO.. the DEA is behind violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act by the drug wholesalers and the Americans with Disability Act by the pharmacies/Pharmacists and drug wholesalers.. but the DEA is part of the DOJ… ran by Holder and over the DEA…
The media has been over-running with the bad deeds of local law enforcement, DEA special agents, Marshall Service, FBI and others… and those caught doing this misdeeds … at worse… will get a few days suspension…
We have insurance companies that are accepting monthly premiums and providing you with your “policy” that is in fact a CONTRACT… they promise that they have a network of healthcare providers (hospitals, pharmacies, doctors, labs ) that will fulfill the pt’s health needs as provided for by that insurance contract… The pt that contacted me…. stated that when the pt contacted doctor after doctor office about becoming a new pt.. was asked what meds the pt took and when they were told that controlled meds were involved.. the pt was told “we don’t prescribe those “… so here we have a pt calling doctor’s office… that are in the pt’s insurance network… that won’t accept a new pt because the pt has a medical necessity for medications that the pt’s insurance company is considered a covered item.. Isn’t this .. accepting premiums for insurance and not providing healthcare providers that will “take care of” their pts… FRAUD ?
So we have laws for discriminating against those with disability… against collusion, price fixing, restriction of trade, and fraud.. and a law about a pt’s bill of rights.. is going to make a difference ????
IMO… pts needs to document.. document… document… record… record … record… you record doc’s offices telling you they won’t accept you as a pt because they don’t/won’t prescribe LEGAL MEDICATION.. send the recording to your insurance company… if the insurance company tells you they won’t/can’t do anything to force a doc to see you… send the recording to your state insurance commissioner, www.cms.gov .. if on Medicare/Medicaid… share with Fed Senator/Representative… you may have to end up sharing it all with a personal injury attorney or one that deals with civil rights violations of ADA …
Screw the two-party recording law… it is time for some civil disobedience !!!!
Isn’t that what this country was founded on CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE ??? have we come full circle ?
Filed under: General Problems
one cannot turn on the idiot box for an hour w/out seeing half a dozen advertisements about lawsuits against every tom dick and hairy and how they have been harmed by medical system, manufacturers products, etc, etc. I have never seen ONE asking if someone has been harmed by violation of FEDERAL LAW by insurance companies.
Come to think of it, since Part D is run under Federal Guidelines where the hell is the ACLU? They can stand up for those too lazy to work but not for the DISABLED?
I have experienced the same stonewall treatment when trying to gain satisfaction for my Part D plan’s violations against my guaranteed rights and benefits under my legal contract as beneficiary. Despite pointing out the obvious, breaking the law and committing fraud by having over half a dozen pharmacies (all in-network) turn down my valid prescription, they say they cannot ‘force’ a pharmacy to change its filling rules ????
CMS? Good luck there. They have time to send your doctor bogus pharmacy flags but not 5 min to return a phone call? This thing has approval at the highest levels or these attorneys would be all over shit like this.
Its the influence and stigma. Influence? Common sense would insure that a rogue organization such as our DEA [who not only thinks it is above the law but thinks it IS THE LAW] wouldn’t have a chance in HELL to be included in ANY NATIONAL PAIN STRATEGY plan. An agency (better described as a legal criminal organization) that violates the Constitution at will deserves to be defunded from interference in healthcare not be included more. There are machinations at the highest levels of govt or these idiots would be shaking in their boots rather than going on like business as usual. Stigma? Who wants to stand up for addicts (patients with chronic pain) and criminals (doctors who treat them) why don’t they just ‘get better’ like everyone else? A pill is supposed to fix everything (isn’t it?) and all w/in an hour (like on House or Mystery Diagnosis) then they get all better.
Another Clinton vs Bush for president should offer nothing but more of the same…………..
*I made a response to an individual (diff blog) who asked the same question-
Why these patient bills were not brought forward. There already ARE laws like this on the books. Take TN for example. The scary thing isn’t that these laws are being ignored, and could be made to be enforced in situations, its when an entire state’s legislature votes UNANIMOUSLY to revoke the law altogether. Talk about a pendulum swing, the Intractable Pain Act (TN) passed 95-2 just 14 yrs ago!
http://www.timesnews.net/article/9086024/house-repeals-intractable-pain-act-last-stop-haslam
http://tnreport.com/2015/02/26/repeal-intractable-pain-act-deck-tn-senate/