Curious - we've got this happening in Florida...

Post #353,755 by S1mon_Jester 1/28/12 5:46:05 PM Reply	Curious - we've got this happening in Florida... You can refuse medicaid patients. Can you refuse patients because they voted for Obama? http://articles.orla...e-doctor-patients Can you refuse patients because they have small children and own guns? http://www.thetrutha...to-see-gun-owner/ <- notes Republicans are all over the place on this.
Post #353,763 by Another Scott 1/28/12 8:48:34 PM Reply	I think the standard should be:Default to serve the customer There are always exceptions that can be envisioned, but I don't think the examples below qualify. Cassell was basically throwing up political arguments for his wife who was campaigning for office. He said he wasn't refusing to treat anyone - http://www.myfoxorla...ctor-Jack-Cassell In the Okonkwo case, I think he made a reasonable decision. She says that she refused to answer his questions. It's hard for a physician to treat a patient if the patient doesn't trust him. Threatening to call a lawyer isn't a good move to preserve a doctor-patient relationship, either. It doesn't seem to me to be an issue of gun ownership per-se. This NYT essay indicates that potentially embarrassing questions can be routine in medical exams - http://www.nytimes.c...olicy/09guns.html They didn't get along. She shouldn't be seeing him, and I don't have a problem with him breaking the relationship first. Of course, Rick Scott and the FL legislature throwing their weight around about what physicians can and cannot ask their patients is stupid, counter-productive, grandstanding. But that's to be expected these days... :-( My $0.02. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #353,766 by S1mon_Jester 1/28/12 9:57:14 PM Reply	Nod... Cassell was careful NOT to stop treating anyone...he was just making noise. The interesting aspect to me is that the same Tea Baggers who whined that Cassell had the right to treat/not treat whomever he felt like are the same ones who are now whining that refusing to treat patients for guns is and should be against the law. (Because it's an undue burden to find another Pediatrician.) Frankly I think Okonkwo was out of line...but I felt that way about Cassell as well. However, if one feels that Doctors should be able to differentiate between their patients and it's NOT an undue burden to find another doctor, then Rick Scott's law is wrong.

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