Senator Coburn Introduces "Parents Right To Know Act"

Source: Associated Press ^

[ConservativeMan55]

He does both just fine.

Some Senators don't show up 75 percent of the time..and they have NO other job.

Senator Coburn shows up 100 percent of the time..and has another job.

[Tennessee_Bob]

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.

[ConservativeMan55]

Interesting.....hopefully this Parents right to know act will become law soon...

[ConservativeMan55]

[DoughtyOne]

I would probably agree to 17 or younger, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

[ConservativeMan55]

Ping!

[ConservativeMan55]

ping....

[gitmo]

Really, this is a bad bill. The correct response would be to declare this a states' right. The feds don't have the authority to deal with this one way or the other.

[ConservativeMan55]

There are some things that are so horrible they need to be dealt with.

[ConservativeMan55]

Here is a little more information I found on the bill.

http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1643/section/parents.right.to.know.act.reintroduced/1.htm

[SittinYonder]

The Oklahoma Republican and practicing physician says he disagrees with the federal policy that allows children to make reproductive decisions without their parent's knowledge

Unless this is inaccurate, it sounds like it's the right place to me. If it's federal policy, as this indicates, then likely it's tied into federal spending at public health clinics and therefore a federal issue.

Perhaps ending federal spending at public health clinics would be appropriate. Let the states and local governments fund them and then the states and local governments can decide on parental notification.

[Tennessee_Bob]

The age limitation was part of corporate legal's interpretation of HIPAA - and HIPAA in and of itself continues to piss people off. Every three months or so, we get a new interpretation down from the castle, and we do our best to implement it.


I've got to get out of this business.

[traviskicks]

Of course if the government got out of health care then no one could get upset at what private clinics did...

Also, further reducing/eliminting TANF/ADFC welfare spending would help with family structure.

I'd rather seen Coburn focus on shrinking government then this sort of 'fiddling' with it.

[ConservativeMan55]

Thank you for catching that.

[traviskicks]

Not to take anything away from Coburn. He my favorite Senator by far. I'd like to be on a Coburn ping list if anyone wants to start one...

[ConservativeMan55]

Dr Coburn quote

"It is outrageous that, in the United States, children need a permission slip from their parents before the school nurse can give them an aspirin, while, at the same time, children can obtain contraceptives at public health clinics without even notifying their parents."

http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0036934.cfm

[HiTech RedNeck]

It could also be a strategery to bring Supreme Court outrageousness before the people at a crucial juncture. They are going to swat this down by a landslide, but the normal American is going to look at this and say what the F---?!?

[SittinYonder]

Sorry, either Coburn represents the people as a Senator or he should just continue being a physician. One or the other.

It's that kind of attitude that has created career politicians. I look around my state and realize many of our state officers and nearly all of our U.S. elected officers have been in politics since I was born. My entire life these guys have been holding elected office.

Let them have jobs to get home to and maybe they'll stop spending so much time in Washington D.C. taking our money and our rights.

[DoughtyOne]

I know what you mean. I've worked in the medical field for over thirty years. It's been a sad downhill road all the way.

[ConservativeMan55]

I'm debating on starting one.

I've been trying to keep up with everything he has been doing.

He's trying to watch out for our money while Senators like Trent Lott try and steal it.