AllieBaba
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Fair enough, MM...but the only time I was denied was because of the insurance company. I don't think doctors are in the habit of denying health care, in fact I believe they take an oath about it.
Maybe we should demand insurance companies do the same.
Bingo. Our health crisis is caused directly by the fucking insurance companies.
The insurance companies are the ones who have made it difficult for drs to prescribe pain meds and antibiotics....
And who determine what they will and won't pay for.
The only time I've been denied health care was when I was on government insurance (OHP) and had 3 terrible tooth abcesses that developed while I was pregnant with my 4th child. I made my appointment months ahead of time, because my government dentist wouldn't treat me while pregnant, just so I could rush in there as soon as the baby was born. He piddled around and would have me come in every six weeks or so, pulled one tooth which wasn't hurting me, gave me two tiny fillings (also in teeth that weren't abcessed) and finally referred me to an oral surgeon. In the meantime, I was working and had excruciating pain from my abcesses, which the fucktards refused to prescribe pain meds for. When I went to the ER twice because I was unable to sleep for days on end thanks to the pain, the ER called the dentist, who said I had received too much pain medication in the last month (that's 16 vicadin tablets. For a month.) I called the liason, who was an ancient orthodontist, who said he thought I was med seeking.
?????
I told him yes, I sure as shit AM fucking med seeking, and as SOON AS THE PROBLEM IS TREATED I'LL QUIT SEEKING MEDS.
He lied to me, told me he'd call in the scrip (he didn't) and the next day my mother took me to a real dentist and for $800 + I had two root canals in two days, and a couple of very extreme fillings. The real dentist was appalled.