ever feel discriminated against at a doctors office? Options

[lagos]

i went to see a doctor today. he seemed like he was doing everything he could think of to make me not want to be his patient. he was saying how i should see somone local for this operation that i want to have, because of all these things that can go wrong, and all the pain i would be in ,etc and how the operation might not help me at all ... when i know all too well that this place is known for taking patients with the same symptoms, in from all over the world for this surgery. his officed is used to dealing with patients from as far away as austraila. ....

then i realized that he is not in my insurace network, so that it would be a major pain in the ass to get my insurace to pay him. knowing how doctors treated me when i didnt have any insurance, im starting to think that maybe this is why he was so quick to turn me away. i used to go to my family doctor, and the 1st words out of his mouth would be "oh you dont have insurace". i always thought that they treated eveyone the same regardless of insurance, but i dont now.

[lagos]

Is this the only doctor at the hospital that can handle your opertation ? I'm sure once you get your insurance to cooperate, he'll change his tune.

yes this is the same doctor... i swear ive the the worst year of my life. there is no way i can get my insurace to accept it. i have keystone so they only cover doctors in PA, he is in virgina. wish i knew that all this time

I actually dumped my insurance at work for cash.

trust me when i tell you, you are making a big mistake. i was dumb like you and didnt sign up for insurace at my last job, because i had another job lined up with insurace that starts in 2 months.... next thing i know, i got really sick and couldnt start the new job. all the medical bills out of my pocket cost me more then i ever spent on my car. i ended up buying out my own insurnace... you dont even want to know what i pay a month, but its still cheaper for one year, then what they would charge me for a single test.

Getting your balls snipped or something?

i wish it were that easy..lol .. ive been some pretty major health problems this past year.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jan 24, 2006 - 1:56 AM