Shingles

[Patrick]

WHY OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE SO HIGH!!!
 
Kevin had shingles.
Those of us who spend much time in a doctor's office should appreciate this! Doesn't it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line?
Here's what happened to Kevin:

Kevin walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Kevin said: 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.

Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Kevin what he had...
Kevin said, 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Kevin to wait in the examining room.

A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Kevin what he had. Kevin said, 'Shingles..' So the nurse gave Kevin a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Kevin to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor.
 

An hour later the doctor came in and found Kevin sitting patiently in the nude and asked Kevin what he had.
 

Kevin said, 'Shingles.' The doctor asked, 'Where?'
Kevin said, 'Outside on the truck. Where do you want me to unload 'em??'
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[cookiedough]

and to top it all off, he will get charged for 3 office visits, at least that is what our medical place does.  One for each consultation even if same person, one for consult review, and one billing for exam BOTH.  Pisses me off, thus the reason I don't go see a Dr. unless absolutely necessary.

A 250 dollar billing for a basic exam for 20 minutes tops is B.S.  

[Gryphon Rider]

I thought it was gonna be a joke, but it turned out to be a political thread. My bad.

[Sweet Cheeks]

Love it!  Thanks for sharing!