It's difficult for me to imagine that this type of legislation should ever be necessary in our nation, but it is. What a shame, and a benchmark for the decline of our society.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!
Its sad...but necessary.
Sorry, either Coburn represents the people as a Senator or he should just continue being a physician. One or the other.
I work for a pharmacy benefits manager. Company policy, until a month or so ago, was that we wouldn't release any information regarding drug history for a dependent child over 12 unless the child was on the phone and verified that they wanted the information released to their parent. They've changed that company policy now - we can release information to parents if the child is 18 or under.