I have to bitch for a while.  Recently Gary decided that he hasn’t been feeling quite himself and wanted to go see his doctor for a physical.  Now let me just start by saying this is the same doctor that he has been going to for over 20 years.  Gary is a pretty healthy person, except for the occasional farm accident, and seldom goes to the doctor.  Anyways, he calls makes an appointment and then today we get this letter in the mail.

“We can only give you a tentative time because you are not the doctor’s patient until the day of your appointment.  We will call in the morning to confirm that you are coming and enter you in the computer.  It is very important that we talk to you the morning of your appointment.  If we can’t reach you the doctor will assume you are not keeping your appointment.”

This burns my ass.  This doctor wants everyone to come and see him every 6 months so that you don’t get “Lost” in the computer.  WTF!!!  In this area it is very hard to find doctors that will take new patients.  Well no wonder they are too busy seeing patients that are perfectly healthy and charging the insurance companies and the welfare system for it.  Nobody gives two thoughts about this they just go.  What a “RIP OFF”.  I so want to call this doctor and tell him what I think. Does anyone else have to go through this?

Tags: doctors, Insurance, rip offs