I've never heard of that. In fact, here the nurse won't talk to you on the phone at all, because they are too afraid of being sued.
I've tried to call up a nurse to see if something requires a visit to the hospital, and they said told me out right they would not make a phone diagnosis, that I had to come in > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent Attack > > 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:5:200685 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
