Judge rejects ban on pediatricians asking patients about gun ownership(barf alert)

palmbeachpost.com ^ | 2 July, 2012 | Dara Kam

[GOPJ]

Good questions - I’m sure liberals will understand we’re only doing it for the children.

[nonsporting]

id want to know if they are sodomites, how many sexual partners they have had in the last 6 months, etc. it has a direct bearing on whether i want to be exposed to their fithly, degenerate practice.

[marktwain]

If the doctor persisted, I would find a new doctor. No government intervention needed.

You are assuming that the government will allow you to make those choices. It is not at all clear that you will have those choices under Obamacare.

[SeminoleCounty]

Gun control’s sole purpose is to take away weapons from white folks....it sure does not work when used in the urban inner cities

[DNME]

Last time I visited my doctor, he asked about my smoking.

You know I smoke, I told him. So why ask?

The feds demand the information, he said. Now, I have a privately paid Blue Cross plan, funded out-of-pocket with no government assistance, so it’s none of their damn business.

The feds will screw with his other insurance payments if he doesn’t provide the information, he told me.

The Death Panels are now compiling information about you. Be forewarned.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Simply ask the Doctor what his/her technical training with regard to firearms is & if the Doctor declines to answer ask the Doctor if their malpractice insurance carrier knows that they are practicing outside of their area of knowledge & would he /she mind if you told them.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Just tell your doctor that you have access to guns, knives, enough pills to kill an elephant, several cliffs, a busy highway, carbon monoxide, razor blades, chain saws, rope, etc.

Answer as you wish, but to create a law, that is just dumb.

[goat granny]

My doctor usually says.....guess its useless to tell you to quit smoking.....he knows me well.....He also knows I pay for my own medication, so before he gives me a prescription he brings out this gizmo from his pocket to check on generics for me....He knows when I am really sick, he walksinto the room and says***you look terrible***then he listens closely to what I tell him....doesn't pre judge before talking to me about what may be wrong...

I am an old nurse and we don't make great patients, but he said one time, you know your body better than I do, so I've been patient with you...we were having a debate about weather I needed a colonoscopy or not.....he won that one..

He hinted that I night need high bloodpressure meds...on the way home I stopped at the drug store and bought a BP cuff and took my own BP for a month until my next visit...and handed him my BP log....he said OK bring me in your cuff so I can test it against mine in the office...I did, he checked it against his cuff and we never talked about BP again....I love my doctor.....

[Red in Blue PA]

Obamacare=A nation of liars (and not just on this).....on weight, how fast one drives and on and on.

[Frank_2001]

Answer questions related to MEDICAL issues only. Can they throw you in jail for lying to a doctor? It’s not as though he was a cop;)