Big change to make it harder for patients to get pain killers like Vicodin

[christx30]

48. Yup.

I had gall bladder disease 3 years ago. When I didn't have insurance, I would try to manage the problem by staying away from fatty foods. When I had an attack I would either pop pain meds or go to the ER and fake like I didn't know what was going on. They would do a quick scan, send me off with a prescription and a $3000 bill (which I had no intention to pay). I wanted to have surgery to get rid of the gall stones.
Then I got a good job and got insurance. 12 hours after my insurance kicked in, I got a gall stone attack. Suddenly, it was bad enough to warrant surgery. I went under the knife, and left 2 hours later, sans gall bladder. It was an amazing experience, and it taught me a great deal about the state of health care in this country.