Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. 

The proposal could overhaul the way millions of Americans get some prescriptions after three years of relying on telehealth for doctor's appointments by computer or phone during the pandemic.

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This is just fucking stupid. Some people, such as my wife, have the same amount of painkillers prescribed every single month. What difference does it make whether LadyDoc prescribes them over the phone or in a face to face visit?

These telehealth appointments have been a real blessing for Lisa, keeping her from having to suffer through a ride into town just to get the medications she needs. She's bedridden most of the time, and sitting in her van for 15 minutes each way and then a half hour in LadyDoc's office wipes her out for the rest of the day.

Thanks to the government now, she gets only the bare minimum of painkillers she needs to just exist, forget about leading a normal life, and now they're going to make it worse for her?