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I, on the other hand, am all for it.
Not that I would stop dispensing Plan B (though I've never seen a scrip for it, actually, so the question's never come up).
No, it's the looks on the faces of the guys I tell "I'm sorry, sir, it's against my beliefs to fill your Viagra/Cialis/Levitra." Oooooh, that would be so much fun.
(Whaddya want? Damn HIPAA laws won't let me yell "MR. SMITH, YOUR ERECTION PILL PRESCRIPTION IS READY" across the store. I have to find my fun somewhere.) 
Actually, now I think about it - if the legislation does pass, that'd turn it around in a big damn hurry, wouldn't it? Nothing's more effective in producing change than inconveniencing pasty old white guys...
Just call it "The Lysistrata Option".
SB - are you suggesting that people should not be free to open a private practice and offer the services they feel comfortable offering?
SB - are you suggesting that people should not be free to open a private practice and offer the services they feel comfortable offering?
Jim
If such a practice requires a STATE LICENSE, then no. Let them sell used cars. Or run an unlicensed pharmacy (good luck with that).
If such a practice requires a STATE LICENSE, then no
And that's the fallacy in the right-wing argument. The entire medical profession is an inherently public profession.
suggesting that people should not be free to open a private practice and offer the services they feel comfortable offering?
Hey, thanks for playing, Mr. Glibertarian, but nothing's preventing your imaginary pharmacist from hauling his heiny down the street and opening his own damn business, either.
(Of course, as the others have pointed out, the state Board of Pharmacy might have something to say about his practices, as well as any third payers he might wish to carry. So he could indeed Do What He Wishes, but probably wouldn't make any money at it.)
State run pharmacies should be free to hire whoever they want to run their pharamacies. Similarly, Walgreens should be free hire who they want and to sell the products they want to sell. They should not be forced to sell a product if they do not want to.
And in my example it would be a private practice pharmacy. Why would the state not certify him because he wants to limit the drugs he sells? That is not a reason to deny a license. I can see if he was not qualified to be a pharmacist, wanted to sell illegal drugs, etc. But simply wanting to limit which drugs he carries?
And if health care is such a public service, then why are doctors allowed to refuse to see Medicare and Medicaid patients? Should they be forced to treat patients regardless of the payment received?
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