What if a teenager refuses to see a doctor? (teens, appropriate, medicine)
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I believe it was you that brought up the health departments. I've worked for several health departments in several states, and the only one to provide school physicals was in Illinois, probably b/c as a previous poster said, such physicals are required there. And I'll repeat, a person with an ACA compliant policy cannot use goverment services, including health department immunization clinics.
That's not true everywhere. The vaccination clinic at our local health department does not ask any questions about insurance coverage. All vaccines are free for children under 18, regardless of whether they have insurance or not.
That's not true everywhere. The vaccination clinic at our local health department does not ask any questions about insurance coverage. All vaccines are free for children under 18, regardless of whether they have insurance or not.
They must have some special funding then. This is fairly new, though. Have you been in say the past 2-3 years?
They must have some special funding then. This is fairly new, though. Have you been in say the past 2-3 years?
Yeah, I took my daughter last February. Its the federally funded Vaccines for Children program, according to their website. We have ACA insurance but I'm almost positive they did not ask for her card. Either way, it was free.
Yeah, I took my daughter last February. Its the federally funded Vaccines for Children program, according to their website. We have ACA insurance but I'm almost positive they did not ask for her card. Either way, it was free.
You can't use VFC money for people who are insured. Now if you have Medicaid you can use VFC; also CHIP I believe. There are a lot of nuances to this stuff. They may have some special funding, too. I worked at a health dept. clinic prior to the ACA. We did accept everyone, but we did have to ask if the patients had insurance and keep records. Now this same HD says "Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) immunization clinics are held weekly in Longmont and Boulder for clients under 18 who have Medicaid or do not have insurance." Immunization Clinics
OK so Im able to post on this thread, good. Anyway, as I tried to post last night and it didn't go through so I will try again.
From my experience physical exams are mandatory every year for school from grades K-12. Every year a student needs to get an annual physical exam and the school then has to get the paperwork saying the student got the exam. Maybe its different elsewhere, maybe in some places they don't require this but where Im from that's how it was when I was growing up. Also, from my experience college requires a physical exam. Before you start college anywhere in the USA a physical exam is mandatory and it has to be done within six months of starting college although its only required once, you don't have to get a physical every year while attending college like you do with school before college. Again, this is just my experience.
So anyway, in my original post Im talking about if a teenager refuses to see a certain specific doctor, not all doctors period. In particular, a teenager who does not want to see the pediatrician that they've been seeing since infancy. Especially if they're 18 because a pediatrician is not supposed to see people who are 18 and older. At 18 a person might be starting college and they have to get the physical exam required for college but it should not be done by a pediatrician, certainly not if the person is 18 or older. Somebody on this thread mentioned about a teenager not wanting to see a baby doctor, well that's what a pediatrician is, a baby doctor. A doctor for babies and small children. A pediatrician therefore is not qualified to see people who are 18 and older any more than a dentist is qualified to do heart surgery! So, the teenager might say, "Im 18 I will not see a pediatrician." And besides, the pediatrician shouldn't be seeing an 18 year old anyway and any pediatrician who does should be stripped of their medical license and sent to prison on criminal charges! After all, dentists can't do heart surgery and pediatricians can't see people who are 18 and older. There has to be strict guidelines in the medical field that have to be enforced as it is a very serious field.
Besides, a teenager might have certain criteria for what doctors they see. Among that criteria might be that they wont see a pediatrician, especially if they're 18 and older.
Our pediatrician will continue to see college students - mainly because they are familiar with their complete health history and many college kids are away from home so seeing the same doctor is offered as a convenience. That said, most kids I know (mine included) reached a point where they felt awkward in the pediatrician's office and we changed to family practice. Not a big deal.
OK so Im able to post on this thread, good. Anyway, as I tried to post last night and it didn't go through so I will try again.
From my experience physical exams are mandatory every year for school from grades K-12. Every year a student needs to get an annual physical exam and the school then has to get the paperwork saying the student got the exam. Maybe its different elsewhere, maybe in some places they don't require this but where Im from that's how it was when I was growing up. Also, from my experience college requires a physical exam. Before you start college anywhere in the USA a physical exam is mandatory and it has to be done within six months of starting college although its only required once, you don't have to get a physical every year while attending college like you do with school before college. Again, this is just my experience.
So anyway, in my original post Im talking about if a teenager refuses to see a certain specific doctor, not all doctors period. In particular, a teenager who does not want to see the pediatrician that they've been seeing since infancy. Especially if they're 18 because a pediatrician is not supposed to see people who are 18 and older. At 18 a person might be starting college and they have to get the physical exam required for college but it should not be done by a pediatrician, certainly not if the person is 18 or older. Somebody on this thread mentioned about a teenager not wanting to see a baby doctor, well that's what a pediatrician is, a baby doctor. A doctor for babies and small children. A pediatrician therefore is not qualified to see people who are 18 and older any more than a dentist is qualified to do heart surgery! So, the teenager might say, "Im 18 I will not see a pediatrician." And besides, the pediatrician shouldn't be seeing an 18 year old anyway and any pediatrician who does should be stripped of their medical license and sent to prison on criminal charges! After all, dentists can't do heart surgery and pediatricians can't see people who are 18 and older. There has to be strict guidelines in the medical field that have to be enforced as it is a very serious field.
Besides, a teenager might have certain criteria for what doctors they see. Among that criteria might be that they wont see a pediatrician, especially if they're 18 and older.
Most pediatricians do a residency in pediatric and adolescent medicine.
Our pediatrician will continue to see college students - mainly because they are familiar with their complete health history and many college kids are away from home so seeing the same doctor is offered as a convenience. That said, most kids I know (mine included) reached a point where they felt awkward in the pediatrician's office and we changed to family practice. Not a big deal.
Although people often start college at the age of 18, it is not uncommon for people to start college before that. When I was in college I knew many other college students who were 17. That being said, a pediatrician can see college students who are under 18, but once somebody reaches the age of 18 a pediatrician can't see them. The law is the law and in the medical world there are guidelines that have to be followed. Otherwise dentists would be doing heart surgery.
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