garg.

[curgoth]

My doctor== bad.

She overbooks. She won't refill prescriptions over the phone like all my other doctors have. Both of these things are cash grabs - she can charge OHIP more that way. She also runs a cosmetic surgery clinic on the side, and has huge posters for Botox all over her office. Before sending me to the cardiologist, she had me go get a whole rack of tests. When I go to the cardiologist, he started running those same tests, until I told him I had just had those a month ago. My doc had not sent over *any* of the test results. So it was pretty much a waste of a trip. The cardiologist said he'd check the results when he got them, and talk to my doc, or call me if it is serious. His opinion is that it's just an occasional extra beat, and that I should just ignore it and try not to let the anxiety carry me into hyperventilating.

Once this is sorted with the current GP, I am going to start looking for another one. I am annoyed.

Comments

[themusesbitch.livejournal.com]

My doctor doesn't renew prescriptions over the phone, either. I didn't realize that was a profit-based decision (I'm guessing OHIP only pays for the time they spend with patients, not for the writing of the prescription itself?)

[neeuqdrazil.livejournal.com]

Physicians can only bill for time that they spend with clients, and it's a relatively small amount.