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I'm 51. I still list my pediatrician who I am fairly certain died thirty years ago. They don't check.
Well the point is to communicate with your primary things like vaccination records so if you don't have one you can literally just say that.
Y'all should give this state healthcare stuff a shot. It's nice over here in Massachusetts.
Unfortunately most people don't make enough to live in (urban) Massachussets :) if they did, us outsiders would colonize the fuck out of it immediately... with absolutely no remorse too.
Now, you might say to get my own state healthcare: however, counterpoint, I live in Georgia and we'll probably not get there until collapse from the climate apocalypse has already started. Won't stop me from trying...
You know you’re in a first world country when the GDP to life expectancy curve goes brrr. Except in the US where capitalism is a death cult. Why increase lifespans when profits can always go higher? Something something trickle down.
Dr. Jameson (or insert your preferred distilled poison of choice).
I go between dr. Daniels and dr. Evans
If it makes you feel any better (well aware it will not), I've not had a consistent NHS GP for a good 15-20 years, and it's for the same reason - fewer doctors cost less money, and private for profit companies running our healthcare (in many cases, the very same people, since many of the companies buying up the NHS are American insurers) only care about one thing, and it isn't healthcare.
Uhh. I haven't visted a doctor for a check up since I was 18. Which was 14 years ago. I have only used healthcare when I crushed my hand at work. In which my company paid for. I have never gone to a walk in, I have never gotten a prescription despite getting bronchitis and pneumonia every year. Haven't gotten to the doctor for the 3 times I had food poison or the flu. It is costly, it takes time, I work night and sleep during day, and I still pay health insurance(50$ a week and 50$ a month for dental) in which I have to pay to visit doctors and pay until I hit a deductible
I don't understand this meme. If you have an hmo you're supposed to have a primary care doctor/physician. If you have ppo then sure, it would make no sense to have a primary care since its not required to see a specialist. But if you have insurance and your not well off then it a pcp isnt an issue or you have an hmo.
"but since in the US you have to have insurance".
Ohhhh i didnt know it was mandatory! That must mean everyone in the US can afford insurance. We did it patrick.
When the aca was passed, insurance was mandatory. Sorry i forgot that the gop tax bill in 2017 repealed the individual mandate penalty. Some states still do have a penalty for being uninsured.
The penalty wasn’t close to making it mandatory. It was still cheaper for people to pay $900 out of their tax refund than to buy “affordable” $300-600/month insurance with a $2-8K deductible. Lots of people opted for the penalty.
Whooosh
A lot of people never go to the doctor outside of emergency/urgent care settings.
I can't speak for others but for me I don't have a general practitioner because I will never go to any doctor if I don't have to. I just simply can't afford it or am absolutely terrified to find out how much the time bomb of a mystery the medical bill will be. I've never even looked because I already know I can't afford to see a doctor for pretty much anything. It sucks
Only 12% of insured people have an HMO.