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I recently moved to Ohio from PA and it took 4 days to find a doctor that was taking new patients. They didnt care what type of payment we were using. I finally talked a guy into squeezing my kids into his schedule because they were really sick. Its probably why so many go to the emergency room..
Yes, fun times ahead. I hear the care in Mexico is pretty good these days.
I've been to a medical facility in Mexico. Gf got sick on one of our 30 day trips there. They arent as bad as one would expect, you just need to pay in advance for treatment.
It must not be too bad. I know more than one person who has had surgery down there.
Actually was meant kind of tongue in cheek. I also have heard people going there for medical and dental care, and being satisfied. Meds sold OTC and cheaper as well.
Not only that, nurses and others will be permitted to perform more of what was traditionally limited to licensed physicians.
Others? What types of procedures do you foresee nurses and others being permitted to perform? I am curious, how many of you folks who have posted in this thread already have insurance?
Others? What types of procedures do you foresee nurses and others being permitted to perform? I am curious, how many of you folks who have posted in this thread already have insurance?
Sutures, prescribing some antibiotics, advising on weight loss, maybe prescribing pills for high cholesterol, insulin. Routine test interpretation with scripted prescriptions or medication adjustments. More midwives in hospitals to do child birth, more routine pediatric and geriatric care that used to be with doctors.
So wait. You're saying that when a state, like Massachusetts, or the national government, implements a system that provides medical coverage to a higher percentage of the population, all of a sudden more people are going out to get medical care?
I thought you guys were saying there was no problem with access to health care because anyone who needed any kind of care could always go to the ER to get it.
Is it possible that all those claims you made weren't true?
On paper it should just be a switch from emergency room treatment to office treatments.
In reality it might mean some Dr's stop accepting new patients, but that happens now as well. There have always been areas where there aren't enough medical professionals to go around, and very little choice at all. The bill won't change that.
So wait. You're saying that when a state, like Massachusetts, or the national government, implements a system that provides medical coverage to a higher percentage of the population, all of a sudden more people are going out to get medical care?
I thought you guys were saying there was no problem with access to health care because anyone who needed any kind of care could always go to the ER to get it.
Is it possible that all those claims you made weren't true?
It depends. People on Medicaid with no co-pays and deductibles will sit around in medical offices all day because it costs them nothing.
Working people who have copays, insurance plans they chose with higher deductibles for lower premiums and who have to take time off work will of course limit the amount of medical care.
Those people who always go to the ER of course could also have gone to a doctor's office and paid cash but didn't want to pay anything -- they don't want to pay $50 or $100 to see a doctor for early treatment when they could wait and have a free ER visit - paid for by others of course.
Not many doctors refuse cash paying patients, so those people were never denied for not having insurance.
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