08.05.09
Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Calims – A Potential Gold Mine For Employers.
There are many argruements to be made as to whether or not Marijuana should be made Legal. As this debate roars on as to whether or not marijauna is a gate way drug, many states chosen to play on the more positive side of the field – allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes only (a potenial gold mine for employers).
St. Pierre, Executive of NORML (The National Organization For The Reform of Marijuana Laws) feels that the more productive issue here deals with Employees, Insurance agencies, Hospitals, and Employers., let’s cut straight to the dollars and cents of the issue. As a tool for saving money and increasing a patients state of well being, medical marijuana should be part of the array of choices doctors, patients, and employers explore.
Advocates of Marijuana legalization champion it as an effective medicine with far ranging benefits such as treating Weight loss, Nausea, Pain, Spasticity, symptoms associated with cancer, AIDS, Cerebal Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, and Arthritis. In addition it has proven to be a cost effective alternative to other pharmaceuticals.
St. Pierre says it’s the hope of advocates that reimbursing patients who use medical marijuana, could help eliminate their use of more costly and potentially addictive drugs. For employers, as payers of health care., if only considered a money saving tool – medical marijuana could very well be a solution.
Recovery Boy said,
August 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I am sure that Marijuana is a good medicine for non-addicts. As is codeine. Any drug that is mood altering is something that I have to avoid unless totally necessary.