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What's wrong with health care
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:08 pm
by valerie
Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint.
Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits eight weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week, and finally has his surgery scheduled for six weeks from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a Golden Retriever.
The second is a Senior Citizen.
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:35 pm
by BabyRider
That is, unfortunately perfectly accurate!
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:09 pm
by CARLA
Simple HMO'S the downfall of our medical system. You have to jump through hoops if your on a HMO to get anything. If you can afford the expensive HMO's then you get faster service simple as that, money talks.
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:20 pm
by K.Snyder
CARLA wrote: , money talks.
Yep,
Money talks, and BS walks.....
:wah:
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:49 pm
by gmc
What you need to do is copy our NHS. It's not perfect but the basic premise is that everyone is entitled to medical care irrespective of how wealthy they are. Good dose of democratic socialism that's what you need.:sneaky:
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:18 pm
by CARLA
GMC, we would screw that up also..:wah: :wah:
What's wrong with health care
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:42 am
by cars
valerie wrote: Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint.
Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits eight weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week, and finally has his surgery scheduled for six weeks from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a Golden Retriever.
The second is a Senior Citizen.
That would be funny, if it were not so damn true!:guitarist Only in America!
There are "Animal Police", that check out reported "cruelty" to Animals, but no such Police for monitoring cruelty to Seniors! :-5
