He ignores what is going on in the streets outside the hospital unless it deals with salt or soft drinks, he always has an excuse for drug dealers but he is sticking his nose into hospitals and doctors treating patients. When did he get his MD?

I do wonder what would this little moron say or do if he was in a hospital and had to have surgery without an anesthetic or pain killers. He needs to be replaced as soon as possible. OR go to a hospital with a ruptured appendix.

Who died and made bloomberg and obama masters over the great unwashed? Oh, that´s right, the American democratic voter. Problem is we have to suffer right along side them.

#3, those citizens who live in cities with such mayors, or States with such governors can move. If they stay, that´s their problem.

As for Bloomberg´s cavalier attitude toward pain-killing drugs and others suffering, like most, I´d like to see him writhing in pain on the ground as his appendix is about to burst or as one of his his spinal discs herniates. We´ll see how he feels about "suffering at little bit".

A true Authoritarian, calling for ´sacrifice´. Remember the Carter Years?

New York, in a Democracy, getting exactly what it deserves.

You vote to place a megalomanic in charge of a Nanny State, this is what you get. All you can do is hope no one who did not vote for him suffers as a result, here quite literally.

don´t break your leg in NYC...

And this little control freak wants to be president.

And he has more than enough money to fund an entire campaign all by himself.

And the voters are dumb enough to go for anything these days.

One can only hope that some day Hizzonor will be on the receiving end of this hellish stupidity while awaiting, say, gallstone surgery or something...

Narcissism abounds in the elite political class. In any sane environment, this man would be declared to have serious mental problems and removed from office.

If there were any justice in the world, Bloomberg should be denied all painkillers and analgesics for the rest of his life. Not even an aspirin. What a jerk!

As a nurse who has witnessed patients in pain, I cannot write what I´m thinking without being kicked out of the salon by Miss Lucianne. This is insanity. Bloomberg is mayor, not medically trained, so please just stay out of areas of which you know nothing.

That isn´t good logic for liberals, #12. Obama and supporters came up with the famous Obamacaretax Plan without knowing anything of medicine either.

Let them eat cake.

Bloomy, will you let them eat cake?

#14, LOL, GMTA

You wanted politicians in charge of your health. You´ve got it. That means you get to suffer unnecessary horrible pain so an addict you´ve never met might not get a chance to break the law.

Power mad.

Do as I say, not as I do. There isn´t a chance in H*ll that this delusional thug of a Mayor would be deprived of any medication he may need for any length of time.

I remember many years ago that many doctors were hesitant to prescribe pain killers, saying essentially what Doomberg is now saying. Wife and I were told also that pain killers would make it difficult for a doctor to determine where the pain was coming from making diagnosis more difficult and that pain killers actually retarded healing. 30 plus years later I am reading articles that pain killing drugs actually speed up healing. Now this little twerp is sticking his big nose into the debate.

In this world where what goes around comes around, Mr. Bloomberg should start hoarding painkillers for himself.

I´ll bet Pinky has a medicine cabinet at home full of the forbidden painkillers.

I´d like him to get a kidney stone or a thrombosed hemorrhoid, or better yet both at the same time.

People like Bloomie cause great stress for cancer patients that get pain pills from their oncologist. Now one of my friends has to get her medication from pain clinics along with druggies.

Doctors have so many regs today they don´t even want to dispense narcotics.

Sick, EVIL monster! This tyrant is going make the demand for heroin and black market pill trade go up. He will turn people, who are in pain, into "criminals" simply because they are trying to function without horrible suffering. Some pain is not bearable without some kind of strong medication...those people will not just be a little uncomfortable if they can´t get their prescriptions. Yes, I too hope he experiences some very painful afflictions during his little experiment. The only problembis that he will just use his power and position to get what he needs. He is more equal than others, you know...