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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:02 PM Original message |
So, I took my wife to the emrgency room this afternoon because she |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. File a complaint |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Ohhhhhh, blogslut.....LOVE your signature line....too COOL! LOL n/t |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Another greedy doctor who puts his stock portfolio before his patients. Shame on him! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Make sure you file it with the state medical board, too |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Hell yes. FILE A COMPLAINT!! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. if you have time.. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Thanks. Yes, tomorrow I am planning on making the call. Just had |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Call The Hospital Administration Office And Complain |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would have told him |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. What a greedy prick. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. *extremely unprofessional... FILE A COMPLAINT /nt |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Complain...both to hospital admin. and AMA. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. You most certainly were violated. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. I know three guys who get their medical care from the VA and... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Re Kaiser - depends on where you are, Kaiser in Denver area SUCKS. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Do you belong to Kaiser? Or just hearsay. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. My father-in-law died of colon cancer a few years back. The oncology and hospice care he received |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I used to work at a Kaiser hospital in So Cal |
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Honu one (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. As said before, Kaiser is different everywhere |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. I received great care |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Good for you.. you're one of the lucky ones |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Wow |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Again - you're lucky and I am glad you survived |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Everyone has their horror stories...usually second or third hand |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. I guess you missed the part where I USED TO WORK THERE |
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sakura (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I have Kaiser, too. As far as managed care goes, it's great. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I like the fact that you can email your doctor and many times gets back to you the same day. |
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sakura (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes, it's nice. And a heck of a lot better than what we got with Blue Cross. nt |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. When you file your complaint, mention to them that the doctor is ignorant as well |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Bad idea - don't bring your own politics into the letter |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ha, that's funny. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Completely inappropriate. |
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mscuedawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd file a complaint to the Adminstration...I've been in healthcare |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. turn him in |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think some people are overreacting here a bit |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. we were a captive audience. after telling us all he would do was |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. He was wrong to do it |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. It's obvious that this guy is using the ER as a defacto McCain/GOP clearinghouse |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. If the hospital was a non-profit, he was in violation of its tax exempt status. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. I've been through something similar. It really is very annoying. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. I disagree. If the couple asked for the doc's political opinion |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. His job was to treat the patient, and nothing else. It's a clear ethical violation. nt |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Your doctor can kiss my hairy Irish ass. |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah, it's better when HMOs tell your doctor that they won't cover that treatment. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Please file a complaint. A dr. has no right to lecture anyone who is a captive audience. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. And sorry to tell that doc but I've lived in Japan |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. OMG, my DH's doctor saw my Obama shirt a couple of weeks ago and was gushing over him! That Dr does |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. The way things are going.. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Wow |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ask him why health care in America is the most costly but ranks 37th in quality of care |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Tell him patients would have a shorter wait in the waiting room if he didn't give political lectures |
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WallStreetNobody (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ask him why doctors support Obama 4 to 1 versus McCain (n/t) |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. Profit and Greed is the reason the healthcare system is in a mess to begin with |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sorry about your wife. Hope she feels better |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. WHERE WAS THIS? |
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TooRaLoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. In England, doctors get paid more for patients they help. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. I know of no politician who is even suggesting |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
49. He can speak with my husband, who'll set him straight. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. My response would be "Doctor, do I tell you how to do your job?" |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. You should complain to the hospital - that doesn't belong there. |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. So much for "first do no harm"... |
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annunakigohome (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. Your second sentence wipes away this doc's argument! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. If the ER doc was in private practice, he might be singing a different tune. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. When Aneurin Bevan started up the National Health Service in the |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. What a dick |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. What Part of VA, I am in VA I will be happy to fake a pain to go there and lay him out |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
61. Doctor, I would have thought you, |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thanks Doc... |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
67. While my father was dieing at this time last year he went to the VA |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. OP, any update? |
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