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Prescriptions are tied to billing. The main party with the incentive to withhold treatment is the party expecting a direct payment from the patient. I might se
by darby_eight 3y ago
Prescriptions are tied to billing. The main party with the incentive to withhold treatment is the party expecting a direct payment from the patient.
I might see some concern if there's concern about abuse of the treatment, but that seems like a fundamental mischaracterization of the concept of prescription.
- schiffern 3y agoThen to rephrase the question: >At what point does [the poors dying in the gutter when they can't afford care] become a liability? Never. That's a feature (arguably the feature) of for-profit healthcare, not a bug.
- darby_eight 3y ago> That's a feature (arguably the feature) of for-profit healthcare, not a bug. Ok, at what point can we cull the rich in a comparable way?
- BurningFrog 3y agoI assume you meant "expecting a direct payment TO the patient"? My understanding is that prescriptions are required for medications that carry risk, so a doctor needs to evaluate if it is appropriate for the patient, and at what dose. This avoids people self diagnosing and taking random doses of various medications. Pharmacies are happy to sell you medications that aren't covered by insurance at full price.
- darby_eight 3y ago> This avoids people self diagnosing and taking random doses of various medications. This is such a non-issue it's impossible to take seriously. People do this regardless of prescriptions and the danger of the substances they're intaking (think: alcohol). What is the risk entailed by the device described in the original post that a prescription guardrail might prevent?