I went in for a blood test to get a little incentive $ from my employer. Before drawing blood, they checked my blood pressure. They said my blood pressure was high.
Went to see an MD about the high BP. Dr: "I recommend that we put you on meds to reduce BP." I said, nope, I won't be doing that. I had a good friend who had a heart attack, so this was fresh in my mind, which led to my next question: I then asked, would high BP be an indicator of plugged up arteries around my heart? Dr: "Oh yes, that can be associated with high BP". Me: OK, then why don't we do a scan to see if I have plugged up arteries? Dr: "Oh, this would NOT be covered by your health insurance, and it is also expensive!" Me: How expensive? Dr: "It could be as much as $150!" I sat there in utter disbelief. A simple test for a measly $150, that can tell me if I have a possibility of an imminent heart attack, and this young female Dr is telling me that it's "too expensive". And yes, this really did happen!
I got my scan results back and was told that (at 65 years old) I have ZERO plaque buildup around my heart. That's nice.
Then I got the bill from this useless "doctor". $325. For one half-hour of bad advice, more than double what she considered very expensive. It's like a story from the Twighlight Zone.
Compared to all the headache you would have to go through dealing with insurance you saved a lot of time and money just by paying that stupid doctor cash and you got better results anyway. If you take the insurance out of the way then pay cash you're going to be a lot more likely to get the care you need and the reason the doctor tries to push you to go through the treatment that the insurance covers is because they can bill the insurance way more than what they can bill you and you also get a repeat Customer because the insurance is going to make you go to like 15 different doctors and not a single one of them is going to tell you jack diddly squat. I went to the dentist that the insurance told me to go to for my cavity and my tooth and that son of a b**** tried to get me to have them extract it, I went down the road to the other dentist and paid her about 160 bucks and I got my teeth cleaned and I got my cavities filled and I was also able to get the appointment in a reasonable time as opposed to having to wait 4 months to see the other guy and have him rip my tooth out
I was told that it is much better to keep the tooth as long as possible. Once a tooth is extracted, you have very few options left. The tooth is gone.
After that, the options left become very expensive.
He might have been trying to get you as a repeat client for the more expensive options down the road. I'm thinking shifting teeth due to the extraction....
Ever notice how the first thing they do when you walk into a doctor's office is to check your blood pressure...after you've raced to get there, sat nervously in the waiting room, then are rushed into an exam room?
And, they wonder why your blood pressure is high. Tell them you have "White Coat Syndrome," then ask them to take your blood pressure at the end of the visit.
Voila! You will have much lower blood pressure. Guaranteed.
When my husband and I were trying to conceive, at the specialist's first visit, I was told to put on the paper gown and wait for the DR. Well, when the DR and nurse came into the room, took my blood pressure, the Dr said to me, "Do you know you have high blood pressure?" I told him, Of course my blood pressure would be high. I'm wearing nothing but a paper gown in a room with 2 fully clothed strangers, and you worry my blood pressure is high? You should worry when you have a patient in this kind of situation their blood pressure isn't high!
I went in for a blood test to get a little incentive $ from my employer. Before drawing blood, they checked my blood pressure. They said my blood pressure was high.
Went to see an MD about the high BP. Dr: "I recommend that we put you on meds to reduce BP." I said, nope, I won't be doing that. I had a good friend who had a heart attack, so this was fresh in my mind, which led to my next question: I then asked, would high BP be an indicator of plugged up arteries around my heart? Dr: "Oh yes, that can be associated with high BP". Me: OK, then why don't we do a scan to see if I have plugged up arteries? Dr: "Oh, this would NOT be covered by your health insurance, and it is also expensive!" Me: How expensive? Dr: "It could be as much as $150!" I sat there in utter disbelief. A simple test for a measly $150, that can tell me if I have a possibility of an imminent heart attack, and this young female Dr is telling me that it's "too expensive". And yes, this really did happen!
I got my scan results back and was told that (at 65 years old) I have ZERO plaque buildup around my heart. That's nice.
Then I got the bill from this useless "doctor". $325. For one half-hour of bad advice, more than double what she considered very expensive. It's like a story from the Twighlight Zone.
Compared to all the headache you would have to go through dealing with insurance you saved a lot of time and money just by paying that stupid doctor cash and you got better results anyway. If you take the insurance out of the way then pay cash you're going to be a lot more likely to get the care you need and the reason the doctor tries to push you to go through the treatment that the insurance covers is because they can bill the insurance way more than what they can bill you and you also get a repeat Customer because the insurance is going to make you go to like 15 different doctors and not a single one of them is going to tell you jack diddly squat. I went to the dentist that the insurance told me to go to for my cavity and my tooth and that son of a b**** tried to get me to have them extract it, I went down the road to the other dentist and paid her about 160 bucks and I got my teeth cleaned and I got my cavities filled and I was also able to get the appointment in a reasonable time as opposed to having to wait 4 months to see the other guy and have him rip my tooth out
😮 I am glad you found a new dentist.
FYI. I asked about tooth extraction a while back.
I was told that it is much better to keep the tooth as long as possible. Once a tooth is extracted, you have very few options left. The tooth is gone.
After that, the options left become very expensive.
He might have been trying to get you as a repeat client for the more expensive options down the road. I'm thinking shifting teeth due to the extraction....
Own your labs. Online drs and you can pick any test you want and bypass the middleman.
Ever notice how the first thing they do when you walk into a doctor's office is to check your blood pressure...after you've raced to get there, sat nervously in the waiting room, then are rushed into an exam room?
And, they wonder why your blood pressure is high. Tell them you have "White Coat Syndrome," then ask them to take your blood pressure at the end of the visit.
Voila! You will have much lower blood pressure. Guaranteed.
Works every time.
When my husband and I were trying to conceive, at the specialist's first visit, I was told to put on the paper gown and wait for the DR. Well, when the DR and nurse came into the room, took my blood pressure, the Dr said to me, "Do you know you have high blood pressure?" I told him, Of course my blood pressure would be high. I'm wearing nothing but a paper gown in a room with 2 fully clothed strangers, and you worry my blood pressure is high? You should worry when you have a patient in this kind of situation their blood pressure isn't high!