Some problems solve themselves. If you're already deceased by the time the service date comes up, the provider doesn't have to do anything.
That's fucked up.
That's fucked up.
While it's mostly not quite as bad here in Norway, it's getting there.
Lots of GP's here are quitting because they've been overloaded by paperwork. Government wants more documentation on everything. Can't just trust "some random doctor" who's known the patient for decades to sign a few days of sick leave, nope, we need paper trail!
My SO's GP almost started crying during one of her checkups since he was so overworked. He'd have a normal day seeing people during normal working hours, then there would be at least 5-6 hours of paperwork to do. He quit half a year later.
The newly trained doctors have caught on and don't apply for open GP positions. The result is that we have a massive deficit of GPs which keeps getting worse day by day.
Ten patients die because there was no doctor to see them? Nothing important.
One patient sued because a doctor made a mistake that didn't even kill them? Hugely important, ten more pages of paperwork will have to be added; the paperwork won't prevent it happening again, but now it'll clearly be the doctor that is liable, not the practice/hospital/insurance company.
If you live around the bay area, I'd love to buy you lunch sometime. You are indisputably a super interesting person, @bookofjoe! Email in profile, promise I'm pretty cool as far as humans go :p
If you're not in the bay stea, would still likely to connect with you if you're open to it. Cheers good sir.
I lived in LA from 1966-1983, when I moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where I've remained.
I'm easy to connect with: bookofjoe@gmail.com
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If it's not a scheduled appointment, but a "next available time" one, ask to be put on a cancellation notification if you're near the doctor's office; they get a cancellation, call you, you're there in 10 minutes kind of thing.
I thought, "huh." That was around 6 am. I mulled it over: did I even want an earlier appointment? I'm not a big fan of doctors (full disclosure: I am one). So I went about my day and finally around 1 p.m. decided it wouldn't hurt to have a look; after all, I could ignore or decline the offered new slot.
No worries: when I logged on around 1 p.m., the portal said the new slot was no longer available.
I wasn't sad.