I've heard that a lot of HMO's won't let you see a doctor without being first diagnosed by a nurse over the phone. If the nurse doesn't think you need to see a dr. (or is being pressued to reduce the number of people she sends to the dr.) then the ins. company won't cover you. Combine that with a set of legal and insurance incentives that encourage doctors to see as many patients as possible each for the shortest possible amount of time and you get long waits (2+ weeks) to see the doctor, followed by a brief cursory examination by someone who's more in a hurry to get you out the door than they are concerned about a proper diagnosis.
> Huh? Can't see a doctor? I call make an appointment. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:56 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent >> Attack >> >> Yep. America where we pay 3x more for 1/3 the broadband >> speed of other >> countries. Where we pay more for mobile phone service and >> get less >> than other countries. Where we pay more for medical >> coverage, but >> can't even see a doctor when we have borderline >> pneumonia. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200613 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
