dmarc117 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 We should spend trillions reforming healthcare in order to have a doctor follow everyone around at all times. It's really the only way to be sure. the people that hate the nanny state use it the most. priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 We should spend trillions reforming healthcare in order to have a doctor follow everyone around at all times. It's really the only way to be sure. TimCcare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Um, mine's exactly the same as it was. In fact, my company published an article on our Intranet last week stating that the new healthcare act would have no near- or mid-term effect on us at all. It will have little if any effect in the near- term. I'd question your company's definition of mid-term. Once the terms of your current policy expire it will have an effect. When the insurance companies are required to cover everyone's pre-existing conditions, premiums will have to go up, or services will have to go down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Um, mine's exactly the same as it was. In fact, my company published an article on our Intranet last week stating that the new healthcare act would have no near- or mid-term effect on us at all. ya, good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 SEC......that was good. Lots of people are just too stubborn to see they need help. Or afraid of what the doc will tell them. With or without insurance. This is clearly a media driven story. Anyone else in the predicament I am in?? I have insurance......good insurance. But my last general practitioner pulled up stakes, closed her private practice and went to work for OSU. So for a year now, I've been trying to find a Doc that accepts new patients. Preferably someone who isn't all the way across town, or 30 miles away. I do live in a fairly large city, you know......lol. I'm not a patient that runs to the doctor for colds.....would rarely see a physician more than once a year. So it isn't like I'd be a big time drain on anyone's schedule. It used to be an unwritten policy in the medical profession around here that if you took on a patient, you were sort of obligated to take on their family (or at least their spouse) too. But the physician I found for my husband (5 years ago) has also stopped taking patients and her staff won't even put me on some sort of waiting list. I've always had insurance. This is the first time I've run into this problem for myself.....not the first time I had an inkling that this might be a nationwide dilemma though. I was looking for a specialist in my great aunt's physician's referral in West Palm about 10 years ago. In flipping through the "Family Practitioner" section....there were only about 10 offices......and NONE were accepting new patients. None? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 TimCcare. A Vette in every driveway to rush you to the hospital in case you sneeze or cough once, I say. All free and paid for by some evil rich guy that works harder in one week than some lib does in a lifetime, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 SEC......that was good. Lots of people are just too stubborn to see they need help. Or afraid of what the doc will tell them. With or without insurance. This is clearly a media driven story. Anyone else in the predicament I am in?? I have insurance......good insurance. But my last general practitioner pulled up stakes, closed her private practice and went to work for OSU. So for a year now, I've been trying to find a Doc that accepts new patients. Preferably someone who isn't all the way across town, or 30 miles away. I do live in a fairly large city, you know......lol. I'm not a patient that runs to the doctor for colds.....would rarely see a physician more than once a year. So it isn't like I'd be a big time drain on anyone's schedule. It used to be an unwritten policy in the medical profession around here that if you took on a patient, you were sort of obligated to take on their family (or at least their spouse) too. But the physician I found for my husband (5 years ago) has also stopped taking patients and her staff won't even put me on some sort of waiting list. I've always had insurance. This is the first time I've run into this problem for myself.....not the first time I had an inkling that this might be a nationwide dilemma though. I was looking for a specialist in my great aunt's physician's referral in West Palm about 10 years ago. In flipping through the "Family Practitioner" section....there were only about 10 offices......and NONE were accepting new patients. None? Really? I found my GP through a coworker. He was not accepting new patients, but my co worker was a friend and got me on there... It can be tough. Now the only problem is that my GP is about 15 miles away from where I live, through the worst traffice in the state. But since I only see him about once every 16 months, after he finally stops giving me extensions on my blood pressure meds, it isn't that bad, i just take the day off and do my christmas shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) I'm thinking maybe this thread didn't go the way some of the leftie-statists were thinking... But I guess "Lazy sumbeech who didn't wanna work for insurance dies mowing grass with stubbornly-untreated heart condition" wouldn't sound so good, huh? ETA: - Polk, sometimes I think we're separated at birth my man. Edited April 12, 2010 by westvirginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I've never had an issue finding a GP. I've changed GP' 4 times in the last 13 years 3 for changes to insurance (network issues) and once because the doctor just gave me the heveejevees. I've never heard of anyone having problems finding a GP around here. The only problem I'm aware of is the lack of OB/GYN's. A lot of doctors just won't delivery babies anymore as grieving mothers are just too dangerous on the witness stand, even with the tort reform we've had here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Not perfect, but better than that monstrosity that was recently passed. Not only is it STILL imperfect, it now sucks for EVERYBODY . It doesn't suck for me...why would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 It doesn't suck for me...why would it? Wait until you have to renegotiate your insurance rates with your carrier. You will either have to pay a lot higher premiums (due to subsidizing everyone pre-existing conditions) or you will have to offer your employees dramatically less coverage. I'm guessing you probably going to end up with a combination of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'm thinking maybe this thread didn't go the way some of the leftie-statists were thinking... Keggerz saying some lazy hippie that ignored his heart attack because of no healthcare is as ridiculous as Perch blaming the rain on Obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 its amazing, that time and time again, the libs think that the govt just miraculously pays for things. i dont blame them, they have lived a life where they get everything. well its time to pay up. and things aint gonna be pretty. entitlement rules!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I've never had an issue finding a GP. I've changed GP' 4 times in the last 13 years 3 for changes to insurance (network issues) and once because the doctor just gave me the heveejevees. I've never heard of anyone having problems finding a GP around here. Me either but I don't currently have one. It's a minimum two weeks for an appointment so I figure having a GP is pretty useless anyway. I'm either cured or dead by then. My insurance allows me to go directly to a specialist without a referral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Me either but I don't currently have one. It's a minimum two weeks for an appointment so I figure having a GP is pretty useless anyway. I'm either cured or dead by then. My insurance allows me to go directly to a specialist without a referral. I've never had to wait more than a day to see my GP unless a weekend was involved. The most I've ever had to wait on a specialist is two weeks, and that was for something that was clearly not life threatening. Pain in my shoulder. I know my wife has to schedule her OB appointments 6 months out, but that is because malpractice insurance for those guys has gotten so out of hand that many of them have just quit, and nobody with any sense is going into the field when they can make more with less risk in other fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Me either but I don't currently have one. It's a minimum two weeks for an appointment so I figure having a GP is pretty useless anyway. I'm either cured or dead by then. My insurance allows me to go directly to a specialist without a referral. I hve one mainly for my annual physical (or 16 month physical) and to get my blood pressure medicine prescribed. I don't think I've been to a doctor for any other reason in 7 or 8 years... The last time I went to a Dr. Actually, outside of the annual physical, was when I tore my Achiles tendon... Yes, that one hurt a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I've never had to wait more than a day to see my GP unless a weekend was involved. The most I've ever had to wait on a specialist is two weeks, and that was for something that was clearly not life threatening. Pain in my shoulder. I know my wife has to schedule her OB appointments 6 months out, but that is because malpractice insurance for those guys has gotten so out of hand that many of them have just quit, and nobody with any sense is going into the field when they can make more with less risk in other fields. My wife's ob/gyn is a great guy, just before he delivered my baby we were having a conversation about his trip to Belize... that the lucky SOB won from a fundraiser raffle at his kids school and then he got to go in there and stick his hand in my wife's hooha, talk about a good week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 My wife's ob/gyn is a great guy, just before he delivered my baby we were having a conversation about his trip to Belize... that the lucky SOB won from a fundraiser raffle at his kids school and then he got to go in there and stick his hand in my wife's hooha, talk about a good week. Would need pics to confirm. Of Belize of course..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Would need pics to confirm. Of Belize of course..... I here Belize is beautiful. I've been thinking of going down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I here Belize is beautiful. I've been thinking of going down. Given the previous couple posts, this is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Given the previous couple posts, this is It was meant to be. I actually went to Belize a couple of times on mission / humanitarian trips when I was younger. Oh and it is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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