Granny
Gold Member
Free? I don't think so. SOMEBODY somewhere along the line is paying ... and that SOMEONE is every single person who pay taxes ... income taxes, Medicare taxes, FICA taxes, this tax, that tax, the other tax. People who are insured pay out the nose in higher premiums for reduced or no co-pays, "free" drugs, etc. IT AIN'T FREEIIIIIIIIIII
And another blessing we have under ACA is this wonderful national healthcare data base ... we can be anywhere in the country and if we need emergency medical care ... why, medical professionals can just pull up our healthcare history and will have all they need to know about us in order to properly treat us. Right. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THAT LITTLE COMPUTER PRINTOUT YOU ARE GIVEN WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR PHYSICIAN. The only reason I see my primary care physician twice a year is that I cannot get a one year prescription for one medication. I can only get a 6 month renewal. I'm OK with that (sort of) because I've been taking the same drug, same dosage for many years and they probably should monitor the continued long term use of a drug for any changes in effectiveness. So ... once I got home I sat down and went over the report and right off the bat find out I have hypertention? I've never been diagnosed with that. I think an ASSUMPTION was made because my one scrip is routinely given for hypertension ... BUT ... in my case, it was prescribed by a heart surgeon for a little congenital heart issue. The dosage has never been changed ... however the notes say I should only take one pill a day, while I'm still being prescribed the same dosage ... clearly stating on the bottle that I should be taking 2 a day. Oh, and I found out I have some kind of problem with my left knee ... which is also news to me since not one single word was mentioned to me at the visit! At one place in the report I have chronic kidney disease while at another place I do not have chronic kidney disease. My vitamin and OTC supplement are all screwed up, my prescription dosages are incorrect. Saw my kidney specialist yesterday and I do still have CKD, but it's not advancing. So it's a basic situation of being careless, inattention to detail, and each doctor having his or her opinion which may or may not be in agreement with each other. It's insurance interference making it so that doctors have to schedule 4 or 5 patients for the same appointment slot in order to even have enough income to even marginally cover costs of opening their doors in the first.
The whole system is in chaos.
And another blessing we have under ACA is this wonderful national healthcare data base ... we can be anywhere in the country and if we need emergency medical care ... why, medical professionals can just pull up our healthcare history and will have all they need to know about us in order to properly treat us. Right. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THAT LITTLE COMPUTER PRINTOUT YOU ARE GIVEN WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR PHYSICIAN. The only reason I see my primary care physician twice a year is that I cannot get a one year prescription for one medication. I can only get a 6 month renewal. I'm OK with that (sort of) because I've been taking the same drug, same dosage for many years and they probably should monitor the continued long term use of a drug for any changes in effectiveness. So ... once I got home I sat down and went over the report and right off the bat find out I have hypertention? I've never been diagnosed with that. I think an ASSUMPTION was made because my one scrip is routinely given for hypertension ... BUT ... in my case, it was prescribed by a heart surgeon for a little congenital heart issue. The dosage has never been changed ... however the notes say I should only take one pill a day, while I'm still being prescribed the same dosage ... clearly stating on the bottle that I should be taking 2 a day. Oh, and I found out I have some kind of problem with my left knee ... which is also news to me since not one single word was mentioned to me at the visit! At one place in the report I have chronic kidney disease while at another place I do not have chronic kidney disease. My vitamin and OTC supplement are all screwed up, my prescription dosages are incorrect. Saw my kidney specialist yesterday and I do still have CKD, but it's not advancing. So it's a basic situation of being careless, inattention to detail, and each doctor having his or her opinion which may or may not be in agreement with each other. It's insurance interference making it so that doctors have to schedule 4 or 5 patients for the same appointment slot in order to even have enough income to even marginally cover costs of opening their doors in the first.
The whole system is in chaos.