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rolanni ([personal profile] rolanni) wrote2009-07-14 12:41 pm
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Mail Call

Remember that MRI scheduled for this evening? Today's snail brings News! from Anthem Blue Cross. After due consideration, they agree that an MRI is reasonable in the case and will allow the appointment to stand.

WTF? Anthem gets to decide if my knee hurts bad enough for me to Do Something About It?

Ghod, we need a health care system in this country. Please.
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Re: Check out the VA

[identity profile] rolanni.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Togus is by all accounts a disgrace: it's out-moded, badly staffed and a last resort of the hopeless.

I hear that not all Veteran's Hospitals are like this. We have to remember that Maine is a third-world state.

Re: Check out the VA

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Do we make as high as third?

Re: Check out the VA

[identity profile] mtz322.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Twenty-five years ago that was the situation at Fresno. It serves an area about the same size as Maine (in square miles) including the poorest county in the state.

The improvemt didn't come from above. A few stubborn, dedicated staff members, and a lot of volunteers worked hard and eventually it did percolate up so that now it has support from above as well as on location.

For models of what can be done best to look at the good, not just the failures.

Another VA hospital I have (one) experience with is in Portland, Oregon. From what I saw it is also one of the best.

The biggest difference between the VA experiences I've had and the others is that at VA I'm treated with respect.
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