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Doctor shopping So what?...that's not illegal and it happens all the time, all over the country...

this whole thing is just to get Rush.....it has no substance, no historical precedence, imo...

now if they think these docs are over prescribing, that is one thing....but the pts' are not the ones who are prosecuted....

"Doctor shopping So what?.. that's not illegal and happens all the time,all over the country.."

Actually,doctor shopping, which is the legal term for going from MD to MD,for the purpose of obtaining narcotics under fraudulent circumstances,is illegal.Getting a second opinion or finding a physician you are more compatible with,is not. Florida passed a new law-SB 640, which now makes it a third degree felony to doctor shop for narcotics.Under SB 640, a doctor who prescribes a controlled substance that is excessive or inappropriate, can also be charged with a felony. The prosecutors are going to check the prescribing physician's records to see if they met the standard of care,for prescribing Schedule II narcotics. The standard of care would be a thorough physical exam, a medical history,requesting the patient's old medical records and speaking with his previous physicians, ordering diagnostic tests,referrals to pain management and neurologists for evaluation, possible physical therapy, etc. They are also going to follow the pharmacological paper trail. If the prosecutors were Republicans, I think they would have probably done the same thing-in order to avoid looking like they were cutting political favors.The bottom line is that Florida law gives the prosecutors the cover they need, to go after Rush.

Doctor shopping So what?...that's not illegal and it happens all the time, all over the country...

Florida has a "doctor shopping" law which makes it a crime to get prescriptions for controlled substances from more than 1 doctor at a time without telling each of the doctors that you're getting the same medications from the others.