I have Kaiser coverage. I was smoking weed for pain (I have my card) and was given a drug test and failed. Due to this they took away my Norcos which I was only taking when the pain was so bad I could not deal with it.
My Dr. made an off the wall comment to me the other day, stating if I have another failed drug test Kaiser will never give me pain meds for anything, which I am taking to mean surgeries included because even though anyone can get a weed card, according to him, Kaiser goes by the Federal Laws which says smoking weed is illegal.
Can they just not give pain meds for hospitalization and can they test for drugs, weed, without consent? I have some blood work he wanted me to do but now I'm hesitant in doing them.
Is there anything being done to change this Federal law?
My Dr. made an off the wall comment to me the other day, stating if I have another failed drug test Kaiser will never give me pain meds for anything, which I am taking to mean surgeries included because even though anyone can get a weed card, according to him, Kaiser goes by the Federal Laws which says smoking weed is illegal.
Can they just not give pain meds for hospitalization and can they test for drugs, weed, without consent? I have some blood work he wanted me to do but now I'm hesitant in doing them.
Is there anything being done to change this Federal law?