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Originally Posted by janieg
I had to switch primary care physicians because of a change in insurance, and had my new patient appointment a couple of weeks ago. My neuropathy got little more than a "hmm" out of her. No sign of concern, no questions asked.
We would end up spending more time talking about the MedStar ransomware problem because she's part of MedStar and I have a data security background.
Got charged $198 for the visit.  |
Janieg, that's just not right...on so many levels
Someone posted - maybe on this thread, maybe another - that doctors don't like dealing with problems they can't fix. The poster went on to say that the patients can be challenging or demanding. I just don't see that as an excuse,
just a cover-up for a bad doctor who should switch to working in research without seeing patients. Ask anyone in sales or customer service if they like everyone they deal with. You'll watch them rolling on the floor with laughter.
What do they do? They suck it up, look for something positive to say and move on. If we demand that of our minimum wage workers, how come can we cannot expect our specialists to do half as well?
I've been facing medical issues similar to this since 1998. Only once did I have a super-specialist say to me, "I don't know what went wrong, so I don't know what to do to make it right or make sure it doesn't happen again. Because of that, I will waive our [$525!] consultation fee." He was a gem. The rest are disgraceful.
Climbing carefully off my soapbox now.
Gentle hugs
