Posted by utopizen on November 17, 2002, at 2:11:34
In reply to Re: My GP is sketchy » utopizen, posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 13:20:44
> Glad to see you picking a more up to date doctor rather than Dr. Bones. Why not check around with other people & find who's recommended as a doctor? It's not a bad idea to pick a doctor who's fairly new out of med school & practice. My experience is that they're still uncertain about their experience & so are more open-minded. We don't need to pay for doctors in Canada, so if a doctor is new & not positive about a diagnosis & refers us to a specialist, we don't need to pay. New doctors are much more likely to listen to you & take your thoughts into consideration. And then, if you really like them, you can grow older with them & know there's someone who really knows your medical history & cares.
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I have a PPO, which mean my health insurance doesn't even care who my primary physician is, because I could have 20 for all they care, and that's all within my means as a PPO member. It's sort of like an HMO, only it actually covers medical expenses. =)I can walk into any doc's office, hand the card, and it's taken care of- no pre-authorization or anything. Every doc accepts it, too. It's even going to pay for my speech therapy, even though I basically got that resolved when I was 12... I'd like to finalize certain sounds.
Yeah, so I've decided to just wait to see what the blood will be like, and be done with it. As you probably figured out, I have this problem with being too tolerant of people who aren't respecful of me. I'm afraid I'll hurt their feelings or something, even though they've done mean things to me. It's weird, but I'm just too nice.
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