http://openmarket.disqus.com/enThu, 11 Sep 2008 16:24:30 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/08/banned-or-required-with-nothing-in-between/#comment-2291314It is possible that your employer is aware of the prescription medications you are taking and the health conditions associated with them. Even though there are confidentiality laws in place to protect you, these laws are rarely enforced as it is difficult to prove that an employment decision has been made based on a health condition. The only real way to guard your privacy is to not use your company’s health plan to purchase medications for questionable or embarrassing conditions. I found an excellent prescription discount card at <a href="http://www.rxdrugcard.com" rel="nofollow">www.rxdrugcard.com</a>. Low membership fee. Drug prices posted. Check it out!RitaThu, 11 Sep 2008 16:24:30 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/08/banned-or-required-with-nothing-in-between/#comment-2247718How about something like say Valium or Vicodin? Would you think it ok for an employer to refused hire a person that had a prescription for these drugs on the chance that they may come to work with one of them in their system? It seems to me that the legislature is only extending the same protections that other prescription drug users have. You can't refuse to hire someone using prescription drugs unless the drugs might have a marked effect on that person's ability to do the job. This pretty much looks like the same thing the way I read it.Dave_DTue, 09 Sep 2008 13:03:32 -0000