About a year ago, maybe less, back when we were living in Virginia, I had that old griping pain that I’d had before and recognized. I knew what it was, and knew I needed a prescription for antibiotic soon.
But, my options were Urgent Care or ER. Well, Urgent Care made more sense, so I went there first. I told the doc what was wrong, and expected him to probe my belly, and prescribe me those antibiotics. But, no. I guess the Corporate OverLords don’t allow that now. No. Docs can’t do that anymore. There are dictated protocols. You know, the ones that make money for corporate medicine!
So, he sent me to the ER. Well, the hospital ER is slow, slow, slow. They couldn’t do the simple thing, either, no matter how many people were waiting. No. They insisted on a scan and so we did a CT Scan to determine if my diagnosis was correct. (I know my own body, and the problem had occurred before, and was obviously in my medical records no one ever seems to refer to anymore!) And after waiting for five hours to have my own self-diagnosis confirmed, they wrote me a prescription.
So, what would have been a simple office visit, and very little money, the current “medical mess” system has figured out a way to make a bundle of the simplest things!
Wondering how many folks besides me have totally lost respect for the health care system? It makes no sense.