Opioid Policies in Blue vs Red States

[drusso]

Attended an interesting talk. Apparently, its easier practicing pain medicine in Red states. Agree or disagree?

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[lonelobo]

One guess as to where this thread leads

 

[Ducttape]

reminds me of a great cover of a classic song...

 

[unchockey21]

Guess it depends on how you want to practice and your definition of easy. After making a boat load of money in pill mills, Rick Scott wants to limit opioid scripts to 3 days in Florida. That’d make it really easy to tell people they can’t have their candy and we should try PT, ice, nonopioids, and injections. It’d make it exceedingly hard if you thought someone really did need COT.

 

[SeniorWrangler]

What did they say about it?

 

[hyperalgesia]

Haven't Republicans always been more doctor friendly?

If the NYT is any indication, the Democratic party believes docs are greedy crooks and lawyers are noble public servants.

 

[emd123]

Attended an interesting talk. Apparently, its easier practicing pain medicine in Red states. Agree or disagree?

Agree. Red states tend to be tort reform states, whereas the blues are more often judicial hell holes. Also, red states tend to be lower taxed compared to many of the blue states. Cost of living is cheaper too, in general.