Tuesday, November 06, 2007
A healthcare bitch
Question du Jour: Are you good about preventative health appointments?
I try to be good about it. I do my annual gyn, eye doc, skin check, mamm, and dentist.
I had it going on that I had all of these appointments all in October, but because of the ridicuoulsness of the state of healthcare today that hasn't happened anymore.
In August I called to set up some of these appointments. The dermatologist was booking out till February!! So I switched to a different practice. My gyno was booking out till the first week in November, so I had to switch that, but I wasn't too upset with it because it was close.
However something's come up and I had to reschedule that appointment that was supposed to be this week. I called, and guess what- next available is January.
Seriously. Thank God I'm not actually sick! How insane is it to have to go so long before being able to get in? I know people who try to make appointments with orthopods and it takes them like 3 months to get in.
I just can't believe the way it is. Why is it that way? I really don't understand the need to book out so far? I mean really- it's not like there is a shortage of doctors in the triangle area.
I wonder if it's this bad in other countries?
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I love the insurance cycles. I'm allowed two dental cleanings/exams a year. But they can't schedule them less than 180 days apart. So because of scheduling conflicts my December/June cycle is now seven years later a February/August cycle and I'll eventually move all the way through a calendar year. How hard is it to just let me get my teeth cleaned every December and June regardless of the exact number of days in between??