Of course they don’t mention that he still lives in Mom’s basement.
Total lack of awareness in these “adults”
My question is why are they going to a kid DR instead of a GP?
I was on my parents’ insurance when I was 20. I did NOT see a pediatrician. Of course, in those faraway days, a Dr.’s visit cost about $25.00.
My children’s pedes wanted to continue to see the kids through age 24.
Why?
There is a dearth of middle class children to add to the practice.
The boomers had their boom babies and the second boom is not reproducing.
I don’t exactly see the problem.
If a 26-year-old wants to go to a pediatrician, and the pediatrician continues to take him as a patient, then that’s that.
If, on the other hand, a pediatrician has a policy that (let’s say) “We treat people age 18 and under, after that age, we will recommend a GP who can help you” then lines have been sketched out.
But from the article it seems like people are sort of complaining without actually complaining or doing anything. What’s the point?
AND...I could NEVER see either of my grandkids doing any of this crap. They'd never act like this.
Buying insurance through your employer should be illegal.
What if my employer made me buy the car insurance he likes?
Or the homeowner insurance?
Is she suggesting that not everyone with an MD after his/her name is qualified to do basic medicine?!
If so, I find that mind-boggling.
Free lollies!!! It might be a case of knowing the doctor is very familiar with your history combined with the ordeal of finding a new primary care doctor.
I have 2 young adult children, both under 26, neither living at home, both covered under our family health care plan. One working F/T, one in college.
The one now working F/T lives no where near us and he has secured his own adult physician now, and switched to an adult physician the minute he turned 18 anyway.
However, the younger one (20), who attends college 3 hours away, still prefers to get physicals from his pediatrician, who came through for him in a BIG way when my son ran into an issue with a university doctor. The pediatrician seems OK with it.
By the way, beware getting your medical care as a student at a university. There are no patient privacy rights at all there.
That said, I’m a big believer in getting kids out of the nest ASAP. But the fact that my insurance covers them until 26 at no extra cost to me (but costly to the nation, as all of ObamaCare is) definitely doesn’t mean they need to see pediatricians until 26.
There’s a new internal medicine specialty that treats newborns thru young adults of about 25 years old. My cousin’s daughter recently married a guy in that specialty. Apparently, most pediatricians don’t want to treat patients older than 18 or 20, and most internists won’t see patients younger than early 20’s, so this fills in the gap.
That is ridiculous. As soon as a person reaches adulthood, move on to doctors who work with adults! As soon as my now grown children had their physicals/shots for college from their pediatrician, they leveled up to other doctors.
I was in a motorcycle accident shortly after turning 18. My pediatrician was the admitting Dr. because he was all I knew. Upon discharge (overnight stay in pediatric ICU) Dr. told me to find a new doc. Why don’t Drs do that today?
People in their 20s rarely need to see a doctor. Check-ups are a waste of time. They should just go if they get sick or injured.
I had a check-up when I was 22. The doctor told me not to come back for 10 years.
This seems to be quite different from our old family doctor, who saw my parents and us kids, even after we left home. It was nice having a doctor who didn’t have to look up your medical history every time you came in.
After he retired, we ended up seeing whomever was free that day.
Grew up in Freehold...but glad to be out of that dark and fascist state with my firearms collection intact.
26...what a bunch of soy boys our society is raising. My son is 15, and has been objecting to going to the pediatrician for a couple of years.