CDC and your Beer

[deemus]

CDC - Alcohol Screening and Counseling | Vital Signs

In part it reads:



See there, you don't need to read the rest, it's all FREE!

Can we get our free Obama phone while we are there too?

 

[rushthezeppelin]

They can have my beer after they pry it from my cold dead hand!

Well if there is a beer in your hands its already cold and if you have enough beers it can certainly feel dead Sounds like all they have to do now is pry it from said cold, alcohol numbed hands

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

What a f'ing joke....
#1. What difference will that make?
#2. Who's to say I'll answer the doctor truthfully or not?
#3. What are they gonna do, start restricting my alcohol consumption?
They can have my cold beer after they pry it from my dead hand!

Fixed it.

As for doctors asking fool shit, I just went through all that manure to get my "new" health insurance. They asked all kinds of "dependency" questions (maybe because I'm an old fart of 63) as well as trying to pry into other aspects of my private life ... sexual orientation, political views, religion (I chose OTHER and for a description I put down DRUID) and other non-medical personal shit. I'm somewhat amazed that they didn't ask me about gun ownership. If they had, I'd have told them to go pound sand (actually I'd have told them to go f##k themselves) and not bothered with the application any further.

 

[PhulesAu]

Should you ask insert your choice here, if they are dependent on Oxygen?? Use it on a regular basis.

 

[M. Sage]

So, what is the definition of "too much?" Is this going to be another bullshit random number plucked from thin air like the BMI numbers were?

Oh, here it is... Yeah, looks like bullshit. I can barely carry a buzz from 5 drinks in 3 hours. That's like a bare minimum rate to maintain...

Apparently talking about it does something... Sure hasn't reduced my drinking.

I like how they say that excessive drinking can lead to violence. Well, for some of us a lack of "excessive" drinking will lead to violence.

 

[breakingcontact]

Fixed it.

As for doctors asking fool shit, I just went through all that manure to get my "new" health insurance. They asked all kinds of "dependency" questions (maybe because I'm an old fart of 63) as well as trying to pry into other aspects of my private life ... sexual orientation, political views, religion (I chose OTHER and for a description I put down DRUID) and other non-medical personal shit. I'm somewhat amazed that they didn't ask me about gun ownership. If they had, I'd have told them to go pound sand (actually I'd have told them to go f##k themselves) and not bothered with the application any further.

They asked you R or D or?

 

[Robb in Austin]

As a healthcare provider my interest in your alcohol consumption ends with how it impacts your health.

I've not been asked in my practice to collect, forward, or reveal my patients consumption to anyone or any agency. If someone DID want it, the only way I would provide it would be in the form of 'Pt claims 1 beer per day'. There is no way in hell we would provide identifying information, simply out of fear of being sued for HIPPA violations.

There is no foreseeable way your political leanings would ever be relevant to our practice. Or gun ownership either.

 

[PhulesAu]

As a healthcare provider my interest in your alcohol consumption ends with how it impacts your health.

I've not been asked in my practice to collect, forward, or reveal my patients consumption to anyone or any agency. If someone DID want it, the only way I would provide it would be in the form of 'Pt claims 1 beer per day'. There is no way in hell we would provide identifying information, simply out of fear of being sued for HIPPA violations.

There is no foreseeable way your political leanings would ever be relevant to our practice. Or gun ownership either.

my Doc only asks " Been Riding lately?" He bought new scooter a couple months back.

 

[navyguy]

It all goes to " we need to pass it to see what's in it"

 

[Byrd666]

Too much beer.
Too much ammo.
Too many guns.


Nunya!

NEVER too much of ANY of those. Particularly the Nunya'

 

[Robb in Austin]

my Doc only asks " Been Riding lately?" He bought new scooter a couple months back.

I get this. If I ask a patient about a gun/motorcycle/old car/wine making/etc, it's because I know they have one. And it _doesn't_ go into the record. I've NEVER asked a patient any of the above without obvious knowledge(see them ride/drive/mention it first) of whatever it was.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

They asked you R or D or?

I'm surprised they didn't....considering all the other manure they spewed......

 

[Anger]

HIPAA has no meaning.

true dat bro