Comments on: Why You Don’t Get The Medical Care You Feel You Deserve – Part I http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Tue, 22 May 2012 11:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: buga.danielhttp://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-74210 buga.daniel Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:54:06 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-74210 Yeah, well in my country if you don't give them some 'attention' - as in money or gifts, they won't even look at you! Yeah, well in my country if you don’t give them some ‘attention’ – as in money or gifts, they won’t even look at you!

]]> By: Dr. Steven Seagal, Ph.D. in Neckchoppinghttp://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-65168 Dr. Steven Seagal, Ph.D. in Neckchopping Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:24:07 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-65168 I don't believe sick people should have to shop for a doctor as you suggest. Seriously, what is this country coming to? There are some things capitalism just should not have control over.I mean get real... am I supposed to feel bad for going to see the doctor because I only have a 30 minute appointment and he doesn't make as much of a profit on me as someone that walks in missing limbs? Seems pretty ridiculous to me. And really who gets on these "VIP" lists you mention... families and friends of yourself or coworkers typically (i.e. other rich families). That whole statement is ridiculous... even if you did get on the coveted VIP list there are is still the 97% of the doctor's other patients who get the snub. Why don't you apply this to every other service you get? What if you had to be the VIP customer at every business and service you ever went to? You should just go there expecting to get sub-par service? I think this is especially heinous considering your health is the last thing you'd want to fuck with (I wouldn't mind as much if the guy who drains my septic system doesn't have me on his VIP list).I don't really blame the doctors. I do, however, blame the insurance companies! Still, your statement about debt seems pretty inaccurate to me. You'd have to be going to a hell of a school and getting basically no financial aid whatsoever and taking out nothing but loans to rack up as much debt as you have there. And these loans are generally pretty lax in payback terms (e.g. subsidized loans with extremely low interest that let you wait to pay back until after you start your career).Just to let you know, I'm a senior in college and I cannot afford health insurance. I just got back from an optometrist appointment (just a check up) and it cost me nearly $100, and when I tried to order contacts online at a cheap outlet with the prescription I got the eye doctor denied me and made me pay double the price through him. Also, my wife has had severe stomach problems for quite some time... the last time we went to the hospital for a check up, we waited for 1 hour to see the doctor. He showed up for less than 10 minutes, seemed totally confused as to her symptoms and completely forgot about half of her issues. We got billed just under $100 for his time, which ended up being nothing but a recommendation to exercise more. I would have liked to drop the guy right there on the spot.Anyway I'm pretty tired and this is mostly rambling nonsense due to that fact, but your article struck a nerve with me. I know you're just spelling things out as the way they are, but I have to tell you that I really don't think that this is the way things should be (it's totally unjustified) and that it needs to change. With all the power (i.e. money) that the insurance conglomerates have now, this will probably not happen in a short amount of time. I don’t believe sick people should have to shop for a doctor as you suggest. Seriously, what is this country coming to? There are some things capitalism just should not have control over.

I mean get real… am I supposed to feel bad for going to see the doctor because I only have a 30 minute appointment and he doesn’t make as much of a profit on me as someone that walks in missing limbs? Seems pretty ridiculous to me. And really who gets on these “VIP” lists you mention… families and friends of yourself or coworkers typically (i.e. other rich families). That whole statement is ridiculous… even if you did get on the coveted VIP list there are is still the 97% of the doctor’s other patients who get the snub. Why don’t you apply this to every other service you get? What if you had to be the VIP customer at every business and service you ever went to? You should just go there expecting to get sub-par service? I think this is especially heinous considering your health is the last thing you’d want to fuck with (I wouldn’t mind as much if the guy who drains my septic system doesn’t have me on his VIP list).

I don’t really blame the doctors. I do, however, blame the insurance companies! Still, your statement about debt seems pretty inaccurate to me. You’d have to be going to a hell of a school and getting basically no financial aid whatsoever and taking out nothing but loans to rack up as much debt as you have there. And these loans are generally pretty lax in payback terms (e.g. subsidized loans with extremely low interest that let you wait to pay back until after you start your career).

Just to let you know, I’m a senior in college and I cannot afford health insurance. I just got back from an optometrist appointment (just a check up) and it cost me nearly $100, and when I tried to order contacts online at a cheap outlet with the prescription I got the eye doctor denied me and made me pay double the price through him. Also, my wife has had severe stomach problems for quite some time… the last time we went to the hospital for a check up, we waited for 1 hour to see the doctor. He showed up for less than 10 minutes, seemed totally confused as to her symptoms and completely forgot about half of her issues. We got billed just under $100 for his time, which ended up being nothing but a recommendation to exercise more. I would have liked to drop the guy right there on the spot.

Anyway I’m pretty tired and this is mostly rambling nonsense due to that fact, but your article struck a nerve with me. I know you’re just spelling things out as the way they are, but I have to tell you that I really don’t think that this is the way things should be (it’s totally unjustified) and that it needs to change. With all the power (i.e. money) that the insurance conglomerates have now, this will probably not happen in a short amount of time.

]]> By: How You Can Get Better Medical Care - Part II | GNIF Brain Bloggerhttp://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-64167 How You Can Get Better Medical Care - Part II | GNIF Brain Blogger Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:24:03 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-64167 [...] my last post, I talked about the motivations behind the way many physicians practice medicine and the importance [...] [...] my last post, I talked about the motivations behind the way many physicians practice medicine and the importance [...]

]]> By: Susan M.http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-64093 Susan M. Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:11:50 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/14/why-you-dont-get-the-medical-care-you-feel-you-deserve-part-i/#comment-64093 I think you are right. It is economics. This is good common sense. I think you are right. It is economics. This is good common sense.

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