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Originally Posted by pornguy
Here is an idea. instead of this Affordable Health care. How about they open clinics country wide and staff them with Doctors that still owe student loans etc.
Then the US people can stand in line for health care like the rest of the world.
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Really? Yesterday I was working from home when I felt some numbness in my upper arms and then tightness in my chest. It went away and then came back hard. I went downstairs, walked up the street and entered the first medical clinic I saw (there are three on my block).
I gave a copy of my passport to the receptionist, sat down and 5 minutes later was seen by the doctor. Sent me to the next room for an EKG to rule out the heart - EKG was fine. Said my pressure was high, went over the meds I was taking for GERD.
She then gave me 7 days worth of meds for GERD Nexium and a couple others), 7 days worth of meds for hypertension (Micardis) and told me to see her on Monday.
Total cost for everything - including the meds - $35
No waiting in line, great personal service.
And that's the key word. Here and in a lot of other places, medicine is a service. In the US, it's a business, plain and simple.