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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / September 2006Whats wrong with this picture???
Was in the hospital over the labor day weekend, and my lung doctor wanted to see me for follow up today, so on tuesday morning I had to call his office to have them work me into his schedule for today. I of course called and they told me they would have to check with him and get his approval to work me in and then they would let me know what time I was scheduled for. I said ok, no problem. Waited all day to hear back from them on tuesday about the time, but they never called! Wednesday morning there is a knock at my door and it is the UPS man with an overnight delivery envelope. Turns out it was from the clinic and had a piece of paper that told me what time my appointment was to be on thursday! Can you believe that they actually paid to have that information not only delivered, but delivered overnight???!!!! Holy cow! they could have just picked up the phone for free and called me to tell me that information!!! It would have taken them all of 2 seconds to call me and wouldn't have cost them a thing!!! What is wrong with our healthcare system these days that they would do something so ridiculous???!!!! Sheesh!!!! WOW --- I still can't believe it! . . . Donna G The doctor probably directed it. He wanted to make absolutely sure you got the message so he could see you! Good luck, sweetie! DeeTee > Was in the hospital over the labor day weekend, and my lung doctor > wanted to see me for follow up today, so on tuesday morning I had to [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > . > Donna G Makes as much sense as the government. My son is employed by the government. He received paperwork that he absolutely had to have. But it was missent to me by another government agency-post office. I had to pay to have it sent back to him (now in college). And now I'm waiting for it to reappear again from that same agency! Hmmm! One government agency can't handle the paperwork from another government agency! <g> Vickie B. Donna, I can believe it! When I first went out on disability, my company sent me everything UPS overnight. Even one piece of paper that said I had to call their disability dept was sent that way. When I called I told them what a waste it was. I don't think the woman I was speaking to really cared, but I let her know. So if you wonder why your cell phone bill is as high as it is, this is one of the reasons! Carole > Was in the hospital over the labor day weekend, and my lung doctor > wanted to see me for follow up today, so on tuesday morning I had to [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > . > Donna G > Was in the hospital over the labor day weekend, and my lung doctor > wanted to see me for follow up today, so on tuesday morning I had to [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > WOW --- I still can't believe it. > Donna G Truth is that they probably tried and could not make contact with you and that it is about lawsuits. If we knew how much of our life is screwed around because of some dam lawyer,,,,, we would revolt and throw the bums out. Harv ". . . that it is about lawsuits. If we knew how much of our life is screwed around because of some dam lawyer,,,,, we would revolt and throw the bums out. Harv " i simply must say here, that were it not for a "damn lawyer", i might not have received the health care that i badly needed because of a head-on collision in 1971--that put me in the hospital for a year out of the first 18 months after it. to this day, i bless my "damn lawyer's" dogged determination and energy expenditure on my behalf, while i was flat on my back and extremely vulnerable to the collusion that he nipped in the bud. did he get paid well, of course, but i know for a fact that he earned it. kate Hi Donna, > What is wrong with our healthcare system these days that they would do > something so ridiculous???!!!! > > Donna G What is wrong with the health care system is Insurance companies & medical clinics being publicly traded on the stock market & like Harv said, the lawyers being behind it all. It's like Enron, the richer they look the more people will buy their stock. Sending Good Thoughts, {{{{Donna}}}} GrampaHugs, Alex,  SignatureAny information is included for informational or entertainment purposes only, is based on my personal experiences & is an expression of my opinion. **************************************************** * Love radiating from 45.10n x 93.30w M/SP Mn * http://home.mn.rr.com/apbiii * http://grampahugs.is-a-geek.org/ * http://grampahugs.ath.cx/friends **************************************************** > It's like Enron, the richer they look the more people will buy their > stock. > > GrampaHugs, > Alex, Hhhhm,,,, Enron is a sign of the times. They were like old Soddum in that they had paid off all the political powers that be thinking they would be safe to pull the biggest swindle the world has ever seen.... Do you know how much Enron stock the state of Calf. had in that company? There goes someones retirement,,, bigtime. Sooo its time to let Muscles run Calf. and take the blame but he has done pretty well with that Zoo out there and it is fun to watch from Texas what takes place in Calf. Harv wondering: is it possible that your lung doctor's office/clinic phone system was down at the time? (which, to me, would make their overnight express action more logical.) kate Was in the hospital over the labor day weekend, and my lung doctor wanted to see me for follow up today, so on tuesday morning I had to call his office to have them work me into his schedule for today. I of course called and they told me they would have to check with him and get his approval to work me in and then they would let me know what time I was scheduled for. I said ok, no problem. Waited all day to hear back from them on tuesday about the time, but they never called! Wednesday morning there is a knock at my door and it is the UPS man with an overnight delivery envelope. Turns out it was from the clinic and had a piece of paper that told me what time my appointment was to be on thursday! Can you believe that they actually paid to have that information not only delivered, but delivered overnight???!!!! Holy cow! they could have just picked up the phone for free and called me to tell me that information!!! It would have taken them all of 2 seconds to call me and wouldn't have cost them a thing!!! What is wrong with our healthcare system these days that they would do something so ridiculous???!!!! Sheesh!!!! WOW --- I still can't believe it! . . . Donna G That is a bit odd to me. Thank godness they didn't try that for one of us - people just won't believe us that FedEx and UPS next day just don't mean the same thing here as elsewhere. Even my Enbrel - guaranteed delivery by 10:30 didn't arrive until about 2 pm. (still plenty cold though) We had real issues when we were selling our house in FL and FedExing stuff back and forth - the lawyer's office thought an Friday overnight would get here on Sat. but it here we didn't get it until Monday noon. Made a special trip into town to get it out again that day only to have the closing postponed a day by the buyer. C'est la vie! I have wondered why more docs don't use email to send out appointment reminders. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare |
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