Just as we have seen the government decreeing that regular breast exams are not necessary, nor are colonoscopies, and only certain medications are available for such conditions as asthma, we now have the government, which controls both pharmaceutical decision making and access to health care, decreeing that they are going to loosen prescription requirements for certain drugs.
Think you need a doctor?
Peh. No, ya don't. Just diagnose yourself.
Then when you decide (if you're aware enough to suspect you have something like high cholesterol) you need the drugs to treat high cholesterol, you won't have to go to the doctor for a script!
Instead, you can just pay for it yourself.
That way, your insurance won't have to pay for it!
And THAT way, Medicare doctors won't have to actually SEE patients who are suffering from various illnesses because they've become their own doctors!
See how that works?
WashTimes:
Under the changes that the agency is considering, patients could diagnose their ailments by answering questions online or at a pharmacy kiosk in order to buy current prescription-only drugs for conditions such as high cholesterol, certain infections, migraine headaches, asthma or allergies.
By removing the prescription requirement from popular drugs, theObama administration could ease financial pressures on the overburdened Medicare system by paying for fewer doctor visits and possibly opening the door to make seniors pay a larger share of the cost of their medications.Ha! Little did you know that when that monstrous health care law was passed, what they were really going for is making YOU your own DOCTOR!
The libertarian streak in me says this is not all bad but why just for Medicare recipients? Let all consumers write their own prescriptions and take full responsibility if things go wrong. Of course someone taking several medications should see a physician but it's his life.
ReplyDeleteTheoretically I agree with you. In fact, I'm almost at a point where I agree with Stossel that certain "drugs" should be your own business.
ReplyDeleteI think what is most worrisome, however, is that decisions are being made for what is best for the government and not the human. And to save money. This is the same decision over and over. Cheaper. What's best for the government. You old people can die rather than have procedures needed. We'll give you drugs and maybe even make those drugs OTC.
It's frightening because it's a harbinger of things to come.