no more book burning!

[juldea]

Link snatched from baronbrian: Fire codes thwart church's attempt at book-burning. *grin*

I wonder if my hospital treats full-paying or insured patients as well as it treats its Free Care customers. I went in at 12:45 to check-in for my 1:00 appointment and was told to sit and wait. When I got up at 1:30 to ask what the wait was, the receptionist went behind the desk for a minute only to return and tell me that the doctor wasn't actually going to be in until 2:30. Why thank you, that would've been nice to know at 1:00 when I checked in. Growl.

Comments

wow.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I'd've been pissed.

"I have a 1:00 appointment, what do you mean he won't be here until 2:30!?"

Re: wow.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Whatever. I just left.

[snarkyman.livejournal.com]

Send him a bill for your time.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

See above re: Free Care. I'm pretty much at the hospital's mercy.

[aphraelimajika.livejournal.com]

allow me to take this opportunity to say that you post A LOT. good grief, girl!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do... LJ is my primary form of entertainment at work. Also, I have a lot of friends all over the world (Australia, Japan, Canada, England...) so this is my primary form of letting people know what's going on in my life :)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Where is your hospital? I got Free Care in a local clinic in Dorchester for many many years, and they had quite good service. Possibly something to do with it being a poor enough neighborhood that a *lot* of their clients were Free Care...

[juldea.livejournal.com]

http://www.challiance.org/

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Kes used to go there for some joint-pain specialists. We've had significant angst with their billing bureaucracy, though their actual medical service was decent.

[siderea]

Is there somewhere where you could complain, anonymously to the hospital? You really ought to, if you can.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I have to call back to confirm the rescheduling anyway, and I plan on "discussing" the issue with a department manager...

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

Um, I think it's really common for Free Care (medicaid, medi-cal, whatever) patients to not be treated as well as those who pay or have insurance. Is it fair? Of course not. But I wouldn't have been surprised.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Right. That's why I'm not surprised. Just grumbly. ;)

[tramissa.livejournal.com]

*comfort* that really sucks.