Senseless Rules
Doctors at East Louisville Pediatrics PSC in Kentucky say they’re writing as many as 50 prescriptions a day for drugs such as Bayer AG’s aspirin and Pfizer Inc.’s Advil that don’t need a physician’s nod to be purchased off pharmacy shelves.
The trend, triggered by the 2010 health-care law, affects more than 20 million Americans with flexible spending or health savings accounts that let them use pretax dollars for medical needs. A U.S. rule that took effect Jan. 1 taxes purchases of over-the-counter drugs except for insulin unless the patient has a prescription…
Hat tip to Consumer Power Report.
Making OTC medications ineligible for tax-free acounts was definitely counterpropductive.
It is interesting to see how reasonable people make things work, in spite of stupid bureaucratic rules.
You are right. These are senseless rules.
Good thing we’re saving money for the system by not allowing a tax deduction on OTC medicines!
Now if only the GAO can do a study on how much it costs for all these folks to keep going to their doctors OTC drug prescriptions.