primitive explains how healthcare should be

[USA4ME]

mrmpa

Got a call from my Doctor's office today............

I am an unemployed, uninsured diabetic. I have not seen my Doctor in over a year. I have been keeping up with my medications (except for injections, the medicine is over $500 a month).
 
I kept getting letters from the Doctor's office saying that it had been x amount of time since he had seen me. I wrote back and explained my circumstances. I had a call back from the Diabetic patient coordinator. She understood the situation and gives me samples of injections medications the office receives.
 
I called in for prescription refills the other day. I had a phone call from the Doctor's assistant, who said he would refill it but he needs to see me. I said I have no insurance or employment, she could talk to the Diabetic Coordinator.
 
The Diabetic Coordinator called me today, she said she had talked to my Doctor, he understands the situation, he wants to see me and there will be no charge.
 
Now this is how patient care should be.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022747909

This primitive explains how healthcare should be, IOW, on someone else's dime.

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[BlueStateSaint]

This primitive explains how healthcare should be, IOW, on someone else's dime.

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And this is how it will be under the "Affordable" Care Act:

[USA4ME]

Cleita

11. Most doctors will do a small amount of what you could call pro bono in taking care of people who can't pay, but at the end of the day they still have expenses to cover and no one is giving them free rent. I'm happy that you are getting the care you need, but we still need a system where patients are taken care of regardless of ability to pay and that doctors do get paid for the work they do.

Says Cleita who, for a $1000 worth of medical help, could maybe pay $20.  Maybe.

No planning at all. For 50 years she knew she'd get old, but didn't have any foresight to plan for those days eventually arriving.

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[GOBUCKS]

Once 0bamacare kicks in, we'll REALLY need that Dead DUmmy forum.

[Karin]

^^ Indeed.

I read the thread, and the general impression I got was, "Yay!  Freeeee!"  and doctors really ought to work for free, because that's what a nice person should do.  Especially for meeeeeee. 

[JohnnyReb]

My uncle, the doctor, gave away a lot of his services and medicines but he knew the people he was giving it to and why they needed it. Small towns are wonderful.

[jukin]

Let's assume that the DUchebag was employed (HAHA) and at the end of the week it got 40% of it's wages it was expecting so some freeloader could get free items the DUchebag made. Would said DUchebag think that is the way its work should be? I doubt it.

Looking at what I wrote now, this is EXACTLY what the government does to every working middle class person.

It is only good if you are on the receiving end of that transaction. otherwise not so much.