Medical Card Question

So, medicare fraud is wrong, yet you are clearly stating that there is no problem for a driver to lie on the medical form which is amusing coming from a trucker report staff member.

Using your theory, if a driver is a diabetic, he just needs to lie on the form and he has a job.

I may not agree with all of the rules we have to face out here, but I believe in giving the correct information on the board without personal bias.


I really believe this is wrong to suggest from a staff member.

 

This thread has been based mostly on opinion, it is a discussion board after all.

 

May be a discussion, but when you deal with things like this, it opens a whole can of worms.

We should be presenting true information to the members here.

Otherwise, why not just become a forum where we support illegal running and whatever it takes?

 

I know you used the medicare and the fraud. I was only showing that failure to comply with the medical questions on the long form is a type of fraud as well and that you had no problems with it.

I have seen many cases of drivers on medications and other things that would prevent them from passing the medical exam. Many of them are older drivers and have stated the exact thing that you did. My medical history is only what I tell them.

Such a comment being posted here can lead to someone with a questionable history or medications to not comply and next thing you know they are driving. Even though we hope they are not serious illness or whatever.

We should strive to present the best information to the members of the forum since they are coming to us with requests.

I expect that we will see with the electronic medical information being retained, that only certain doctors will be allowed to perform physicals. I expect that we will see them requiring full HIPAA release forms and data searches in the future on the medical history of the driver. It will make things like this moot.

As I stated before, many things I do not agree with, but I only present the information according to the rules we have to go by out here. Telling a driver to basically lie on the medical questions is a questionable action.

My intention was to only show that we should hold ourselves to higher standards on here.

It is apparent we will not be in agreement here and no reason to beat a dead horse.

 

It's real simple here if people would read the regulations and laws. The "magical" forbidden drug list only list schedule 1 drugs or in other words any drug that has no medical use. All other medication falls on the doctor if he or she is going to prescribe a medication. All that is required of the driver is to inform that doctor that you are a truck driver. THAT'S the law. Any other requirement a company may have is their own policy. So back to the OP, if you are not taking the medication any longer why worry about it? They have to have a positive drug test and the MRO has to investigate the positive to see if you are taking a drug without a prescription. If your doctor does not agree to a prescription for a drug then you are not allowed to take it.


Not listing what a company is asking on a job application is different then what you can and can not take as a medication. If you fail to list a drug you are taking and you come back positive and you have a prescription for it the company may fire you for not listing or lying on the application. They can not say you broke any laws because you did not. If you belive there are medications that are forbidden even controlled medications please show where you are not allow to take these medications if they are prescribed properly. Please list the law or statute.

 

So, what would the thoughts be toward people that do not tell what medications they are on because it might lead to a shorter physical or not being qualified to drive.