Grrrrrrr

[hel_ana]

I woke up this morning to the sound of my phone ringing. It was the receptionist for the endocrinologist I had an appointment scheduled with tomorrow morning. She called to remind me of the appointment.

And then she asked if I'd filled out the form they sent. Absolutely, I said. "And what insurance do you have again?"

"United"

"I'm sorry, we don't take United."

So that's why I *had* an appointment tomorrow. So I spent an hour and a half on the UHC website, trying to locate a doctor who a) takes the insurance, b) knows at least a bit about thyroid cancer, c) wasn't educated before I was born and d) had an appointment available sometime soon. I found someone and I have an appointment, but it's not until April 18th. And that was pretty good - everyone else I called was booking in May.

And my email hasn't been working all day. I'd like a re-do, please.

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

ugh. If you ever need to find a good endocrinologist near you, you can ask on the thyca list.

[jascha.livejournal.com]

wow - i didn't realise that insurance worked like credit cards down here. how fucked.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Doctor's are free to chose whatever insurance to take. Now you know why American's like the Candian system - less hassle to the patient.

[jascha.livejournal.com]

yes, this is quite revelatory. i knew that the cost of buying into insurance plans was a major point of grievance for many people down here, but i didn't know that you could be refused care once you had insurance. yikes.

as a side note, i have no idea what percentage of the average canadian's taxes go towards health care - i wonder if its comparable to what americans spend on private plans. they may be too much variation between people to make a meaningful comparison, i guess...

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

Yeargh. The suck.

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

Just remember, there's kayaking to look forward to. And little Pookie fly-bys, of course.