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Originally Posted by fmichael
Hey. There may be a silver lining in the for much of "the CRPS community."
First, most of us have long-since graduated to the Schedule II meds that come with the bells and whistles already, so we're not likely to be seeing any changes, at least in this round: correct me if you disagree.
The people for this is going to effect immediately are the newly injured who are "still" (sorry -  ) on the lighter analgesics. BUT if in practice it forces them to be referred to pain specialists sooner rather than later [assuming that "access" is not in issue] then so much the better in terms of getting effective treatment when it can make a difference.
The problem, of course, is that access will be a problem, primarily for the poor and those living in rural areas. But isn't that part of what makes this a great country?
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I think you are exactly right...with the emphasis on "access." And to someone who can figure out the puzzle and move the patient beyond square one. What I fear is that our "system" as it is rapidly morphing into a super-HMO, while access may look good on paper and in theory, in practice there are so many moving parts and with the introduction of a new bureaucratic quagmire, many physicians will refuse to participate and the ones that do will be so overwhelmed and have to practice according to a very restrictive and punitive algorithm. That is where the bottle neck will lie, I think!
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