Comments on: How Much Would Pay For A Visit At The Clinic? http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/ This is where your finance takes place Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: The Financial Blogger | We Are Living In A Good Country http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-2260 The Financial Blogger | We Are Living In A Good Country Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:01:15 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-2260 [...] few weeks ago, I was discussing the fact that I was ready to pay for healthcare. This was in reaction to Brip Blap’s post about free healthcare. I couldn’t understand his [...] [...] few weeks ago, I was discussing the fact that I was ready to pay for healthcare. This was in reaction to Brip Blap’s post about free healthcare. I couldn’t understand his [...]

]]> By: Carnival of Money Stories #50 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-2015 Carnival of Money Stories #50 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:50:37 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-2015 [...] Financial Blogger says he doesn’t mind paying for medical service. I think if he knew how much he would be paying then he might [...] [...] Financial Blogger says he doesn’t mind paying for medical service. I think if he knew how much he would be paying then he might [...]

]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1916 Funny about Money Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:19:38 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1916 That is not even a crazy wait time in the present market. It is, to belabor the point, an effing outrage! After I presented myself with appendicitis at a major hospital's emergency room, waited over four hours with not so much as a brief triage in the company of a young woman who was miscarrying a baby and had been there even longer, I called some friends to take me home. Following morning they took me to a much more expensive hospital, which (mercifully) was covered by my insurance, where I was immediately whisked in to emergency surgery. America's medical system is broken. I don't know what will fix it. But it sure does NEED to be fixed. That is not even a crazy wait time in the present market. It is, to belabor the point, an effing outrage!

After I presented myself with appendicitis at a major hospital’s emergency room, waited over four hours with not so much as a brief triage in the company of a young woman who was miscarrying a baby and had been there even longer, I called some friends to take me home. Following morning they took me to a much more expensive hospital, which (mercifully) was covered by my insurance, where I was immediately whisked in to emergency surgery.

America’s medical system is broken. I don’t know what will fix it. But it sure does NEED to be fixed.

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1893 The Financial Blogger Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:15:17 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1893 CR, as the public system is financed directly from our taxes, I don't see how it would become worst. People that would like to go private would still have to pay the full price (taxes) for the public system. I guess it would look like our school system where we have private and public. In general, public schools are still very good. In fact, some of them are even better than private ones. CR,
as the public system is financed directly from our taxes, I don’t see how it would become worst. People that would like to go private would still have to pay the full price (taxes) for the public system. I guess it would look like our school system where we have private and public. In general, public schools are still very good. In fact, some of them are even better than private ones.

]]> By: Customers Revenge http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1890 Customers Revenge Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:43:01 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1890 I don't really like the public/private parallel systems simply because I don't want the public system to become substandard. There probably are ways around this, but that's another issue. I think we do need user fees in there to make it more expensive than just free, so anyone with just a cough could try, like you did, to just let it go away on its own rather than go tot eh clinic or ER. Even only a $25 fee, certainly less than the full cost of the visit, would probably free up a lot of room in some of the clinics. Doesn't help cut wait times for more major procedures. I don’t really like the public/private parallel systems simply because I don’t want the public system to become substandard. There probably are ways around this, but that’s another issue. I think we do need user fees in there to make it more expensive than just free, so anyone with just a cough could try, like you did, to just let it go away on its own rather than go tot eh clinic or ER. Even only a $25 fee, certainly less than the full cost of the visit, would probably free up a lot of room in some of the clinics.

Doesn’t help cut wait times for more major procedures.

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1871 The Financial Blogger Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:34:17 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1871 I suspect that injecting more money in the system is not the key. When you are driving with a hole in your gas tank, no matter how much gas you will put in, you will still run out of it pretty fast ;-) Just a simple example. I had to meet with a nurse first to see if she can help me right away. Then, we I met the doctor, I spend the first 10 minutes answering the same question I just did an hour ago. The answer obviously didn't change but the process took at least 10 minutes more. If you have 15 patients, that's 2 hours and a half wasted doing the same work twice. The nurse should have take 2 minutes more to write down my answer and give it to the doctor. I suspect that injecting more money in the system is not the key. When you are driving with a hole in your gas tank, no matter how much gas you will put in, you will still run out of it pretty fast ;-)

Just a simple example. I had to meet with a nurse first to see if she can help me right away. Then, we I met the doctor, I spend the first 10 minutes answering the same question I just did an hour ago. The answer obviously didn’t change but the process took at least 10 minutes more. If you have 15 patients, that’s 2 hours and a half wasted doing the same work twice. The nurse should have take 2 minutes more to write down my answer and give it to the doctor.

]]> By: nancy (aka money coach) http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1868 nancy (aka money coach) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:50:13 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-much-would-pay-for-a-visit-at-the-clinic/#comment-1868 that sounds like an exceptionally crazy wait time. I use clinics quite frequently, and have rarely had to wait more than 45 minutes. I've got a bit of experience with physicians - dated one for quite a while, another is a friend, plus a recent client of mine. They are very frustrated with the health care system, not because it doesn't pay as well (ie., they're not tempted to go to the states) but because at least in BC, there is a 10-minute cap on how long they can spend on any one patient. They feel they can never give appropriate care and attention, and it frustrates the hell out of them. It could be you were at a clinic where the doctor 'gave it to the man' by spending longer with the patients. Anyway, I suspect the answer isn't private care, but lobbying for a better system (and if everyone who was willing to pay extra for service gave that same extra money to the system, would it help the system get better?) that sounds like an exceptionally crazy wait time. I use clinics quite frequently, and have rarely had to wait more than 45 minutes.
I’ve got a bit of experience with physicians - dated one for quite a while, another is a friend, plus a recent client of mine. They are very frustrated with the health care system, not because it doesn’t pay as well (ie., they’re not tempted to go to the states) but because at least in BC, there is a 10-minute cap on how long they can spend on any one patient. They feel they can never give appropriate care and attention, and it frustrates the hell out of them. It could be you were at a clinic where the doctor ‘gave it to the man’ by spending longer with the patients. Anyway, I suspect the answer isn’t private care, but lobbying for a better system (and if everyone who was willing to pay extra for service gave that same extra money to the system, would it help the system get better?)

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