Socialized Medicine
May 7th, 2008 at 6:48 am by Susie
When even Republican evangelicals get it, why don’t our politicians?
This especially resonates with me today because I have to go to battle with my insurance company. I need an MRI on my ankle, which most likely has a protruding bone chip from when I sprained it in September. (It’s gotten to the point where I walk with a limp.) The doctor’s office left a message yesterday that the MRI had been denied “because you haven’t tried physical therapy first” - this, despite the four months of three-times-a-week PT I’ve already done because, you know, that was billed through my car insurance, and not my health insurance.
Not to mention that my new doctor apparently wasn’t listening when I told him all this, or that he simply didn’t bother to check my file.
Think how much simpler - and cheaper - this could all be.
And now I’m going to have to show my testicular fortitude to get it resolved.
Do you have an HMO? Sounds like it. Pencil pushing bastards.
Gug