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re: Average wait time to see a doctor in US as new patient is 26 days minimum
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:03 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:03 am to LSUFanHouston
Specialists are absolutely the worse. I have to go see two specialists (an allergy specialist for allergies of course and a gastro specialist for GERD/IBS). The allergy specialist isn't crazy hard to get into but the gastro specialist is always booked at least 4 months out. You're screwed if you need to get in quickly. It's pretty much go to the ER and if the ER says a follow up is needed with your gastro doctor then they'll fit you in but otherwise you are out of luck.
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Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:24 am to Jimbojambojumbo
quote:Read my post on the first page.
My mother is showing signs of dementia and we are trying to her her into a neurologist for a proper evaluation and diagnosis.
The earliest new patient appointment we could find within 150 miles of her was mid-November.
It’s really tough to imagine how much she might lose of her memory before she’s ever even seen a doctor.
I was able to schedule a new patient appointment with a neurosurgeon for three business days later.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:28 am to OceanTiger83
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Specialists are absolutely the worse.
The entire system is a racket.
Any third party payment system will result in a broken relationship between doctor and patient. Its just herding cattle.
They have to placate the government and insurance companies, not you.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:46 am to TutHillTiger
It’s because being a physician increasingly sucks and everyone is looking for an escape hatch
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:52 am to TutHillTiger
but to be fair.
I also haven’t seen my PCP since pre-COVID. Every time I’ve called and asked for an appointment they’ve attempted to push me off to a TeleDoc. TeleDoc will either not prescribe anything or prescribe me bullshite. If you push hard, you’ll get to see your PCP in 2-3 weeks.
So, in a pinch we go to a nearby privately owned “Emergency Room”. You see an actual doctor within 30 minutes, no assuming everything is a COVID symptom bullshite, they can prescribe you actual prescriptions, and i’m in and out within an hour.
The days of a “family doctor” are dead. The government has ruined that too by giving free healthcare to everyone.
I also haven’t seen my PCP since pre-COVID. Every time I’ve called and asked for an appointment they’ve attempted to push me off to a TeleDoc. TeleDoc will either not prescribe anything or prescribe me bullshite. If you push hard, you’ll get to see your PCP in 2-3 weeks.
So, in a pinch we go to a nearby privately owned “Emergency Room”. You see an actual doctor within 30 minutes, no assuming everything is a COVID symptom bullshite, they can prescribe you actual prescriptions, and i’m in and out within an hour.
The days of a “family doctor” are dead. The government has ruined that too by giving free healthcare to everyone.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:55 am to Klark Kent
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The days of a “family doctor” are dead
Yep, in fact I don't even see a doctor most of the time, its a PA or NP.
Even my oncologist pushes his work off on the non physicians.
I see physician as more of an executive position today, rarely dealing with the patient. Its not a very humane system.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 11:59 am to cwil177
This.
And I’m not sure folks would want there to more med students admitted every year. A lot of the current students can barely hack it. Last thing we want is more shitty doctors.
And just want until the covid students start practicing….my advice, don’t get sick!
And I’m not sure folks would want there to more med students admitted every year. A lot of the current students can barely hack it. Last thing we want is more shitty doctors.
And just want until the covid students start practicing….my advice, don’t get sick!
This post was edited on 7/16/23 at 11:59 am
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:09 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:Yep, that’s what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years.
Yep, in fact I don't even see a doctor most of the time, its a PA or NP.
I go to a walk-in clinic not far from here and get seen immediately. Great PA that has been able to either heal me or correctly diagnose me.
Case in point. Last year I had bad testicular pain that wouldn’t go away for a couple days. I started reading about causes of testicular pain and was convinced I had epididymitis because of my symptoms. Went to the PA and told him about my symptoms and how long it had been. He says it could be epididymitis but he suspected a kidney stone. I’m like, “Kidney stone?” But my back doesn’t hurt or any other symptoms of a kidney stone.” He does a urinalysis and I had blood in my urine. He says, “You have a kidney stone. Go have an ultrasound done to confirm it.”
I go have an ultrasound done and sure enough, a damn 8mm kidney stone in my ureter. I was impressed. This guy is good.
This post was edited on 7/16/23 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:14 pm to bhtigerfan
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I go to a walk-in clinic not far from here and get seen immediately. Great PA that has been able to either heal me or correctly diagnose me.
bingo. my local walk-in clinic is cleaner, newer, nicer, and privately owned. no government funded trash hand outs. and because of that, it’s not only significantly more efficient, but i find it cheaper since i actually have good health insurance.
hmmm, i wonder what the common denominator is. CuckHill will never put 2 and 2 together in this one, because he’s apart of that hand out insurance crew.
This post was edited on 7/16/23 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:46 pm to TutHillTiger
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Norway, the Netherlands
Are they importing millions of people who had no healthcare their entire lives?
Posted on 7/16/23 at 1:46 pm to nealnan8
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By the way, this trend has very little to do with Obama Care (not a fan). For most American's doctors, the crush of insurance company rules and regulations has chased American males away from medicine. Chinese and Indian doctors have taken over.
ObamaCare overwhelmed the existing system as well as crippling a lot of existing insurance plans by declaring those plans “Cadillac plans”, meaning benefits had to come down or the people with those plans would pay a lot more in taxes.
Short version - It added access to a lot more people, overwhelming docs, while also cutting what insurance can or would pay for, which meant much bigger headaches for docs attempting to get paid for work they did.
This was by design as an attempt to overwhelm the system and force in single payer.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 2:01 pm to cwil177
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Tulane class size
@180
In the 90’s @150
In between they’ve had over 200 but that was an outlier.
The students today can apply to multiple med schools on line. Used to be you mailed in applications. Today the med school applications can number into the tens of thousands for @200 spots, but an applicant may have applied to 20 or 30 med schools.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 2:05 pm to teke184
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This was by design as an attempt to overwhelm the system and force in single payer.
Right. I think most people would like portable plans, but its pretty obvious the aim of Obamacare was to further overload the system.
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