Posted on 01/10/2014 6:31:12 PM PST by cableguymn
Great testimonial to what will surely be a bygone era in a generation. So glad to hear you’re ok, cableguymn. Hope the gall bladder removal and recoup goes well.
I spent EIGHTEEN HOURS at the VA Medical Center emergency room last year and still hadn’t seen a doctor when I finally gave up and left. But it didn’t “cost” me anything. so there’s that...
Good luck with your gall bladder surgery. Had same @ 2-3 years ago.
I hope FReepers all file reports of their experiences post-Obamacare. So far I’ve only seen my eye doc and no problems, just $5 higher co-pay.
I'm down with that. Just wait until we get Socialized Single payer Health Care and check the wait times.
publik skools...
Thank you word police for checking in ;)
First of all: are you still alive?
I wish mine was only 5 bucks. It doubled. I guess my wallet wished this had happened a few weeks ago.
200 bucks is what I paid.
That was bad taste on my part...I failed to read the rest of the article. Wishing you a long and happy life.
Yes. I am. Like I said. the medical care was top notch.
was that yours that got deleted? (#4)
ya, it was poor taste, but I have thick skin and I did fire a joke back at ya ;)
I guess waving your credit card around might have helped.
My sweetie’s had a couple of emergencies this past year - chest pain (no problems detected) & then kidney stones. Also had surgery to remove plaque from a carotid artery. We have a pretty good hospital here & everything went well. No knowing what will happen in the future, though.
I hope your surgery goes well!
lol - I had it coming....
At least we can still be FRiends.
After hanging out in the ER waiting room for ~4 hr, I went home, slept and went back in the morning. After hanging out most of that day's daytime, a CT scan said: Yep.
The surgery crew asked me why I waited so long....
What state/city?
With the coming decline in medical care, people ought to start thinking about moving to less populated cities with populations of 15-20,000 if they want a fighting chance.
We have been having to deal with healthcare a lot this year. My husband had a kidney stone on New Year’s day. He spent New Year’s day in Urgent care, had surgery last Friday, and then his blood pressure spiked up yesterday and had to go to the emergency room.
Really, not noticing any changes, except that we will have a huge bill!
He’s been seen quickly and been well taken care of. We did like the Urgent Care better than the emergency room.
So?
That was more the experience I was expecting.
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