Topic: Welcome to "Group Doctor Appointments", courtesy of ObamaCare

[IronDioPriest]

Group Appointments With Doctors: When Three Isn't A Crowd
More doctors are holding appointments with multiple patients, a trend some say may help ease a forecasted shortage of physicians.

...For example, in a diabetes group visit, a doctor might ask everyone to remove their shoes so he can examine their feet for sores or signs of infection, among other things. A typical session lasts up to two hours. In addition to answering questions and examining patients, the doctor often leads a discussion, often assisted by a nurse.

[AlanS]

But group visits aren't for everyone. Padilla's wife, Tedi, went to one meeting with him and never went back.

"She said she didn't have time to sit there and listen to all those patients," he says.

I'm down with that. I have better ways to spend my time.

[IronDioPriest]

I'll be damned if I'm ever going to undergo any kind of physical examination with someone else in the room.

All the patients taking off their shoes and socks? Gimme a f***ing break.

[pisskop]

Is anyone surprised at this?  How on Earth did anyone actually expect him to pay for Obamacare otherwise?

[Alphabet Soup]

I'll be damned if I'm ever going to undergo any kind of physical examination with someone else in the room.

All the patients taking off their shoes and socks? Gimme a f***ing break.

I take it you didn't undergo a pre-induction physical 

[Glock32]

I'm sure the next thing will be a return to common patient wards, with just rows of beds. If you have a privacy screen between them you'll be one of the lucky ones.

Oleg Atbashian, the guy who runs The People's Cube website, spoke to a Tea Party group where among other things he talked about healthcare back in the USSR. He had been in the hospital for some sort of stomach problem, and he talked about they were all just crammed onto a common ward with cockroaches crawling around. The doctors were overworked and had long ago had the passion for medicine burned out of them. He said they just doled out yellow pills and wouldn't tell you what it was. He suspected they were tranquilizers just to shut people up.

[IronDioPriest]

I'll be damned if I'm ever going to undergo any kind of physical examination with someone else in the room.

All the patients taking off their shoes and socks? Gimme a f***ing break.

I take it you didn't undergo a pre-induction physical 

Nope. But that's a good point. Seems Obamacare is likely to force private citizens into medical care scenarios that heretofore have been reserved for those who temporarily give their liberty to the military. "You can give your heart to Jesus but your ass belongs to me" can now be said to extend beyond the drill instructor, to the ordinary citizen's medical care.

[warpmine]

I'll be damned if I'm ever going to undergo any kind of physical examination with someone else in the room.

All the patients taking off their shoes and socks? Gimme a f***ing break.

Group proctology visit. Everyone bend over and cough.

[charlesoakwood]

I'll be damned if I'm ever going to undergo any kind of physical examination with someone else in the room.

All the patients taking off their shoes and socks? Gimme a f***ing break.

I take it you didn't undergo a pre-induction physical 

Nope. But that's a good point. Seems Obamacare is likely to force private citizens into medical care scenarios that heretofore have been reserved for those who temporarily give their liberty to the military. "You can give your heart to Jesus but your ass belongs to me" can now be said to extend beyond the drill instructor, to the ordinary citizen's medical care.

Any doctor that does this is an idiot or a pervert. 
If that's your only option it's time to move or get a good veterinarian.

[Libertas]

Don't forget to moo and thank them for an awesome roundup.

You know what's next?  Banning malpractice insurance, with the ranks being filled with more and more incompetent government-enslaved providers quality is headed for the shythouse.

[Pandora]

This isn't an appointment with the doctor, it's a seminar and group therapy session.

Feh.

[AlanS]

.......it's a seminar and group therapy session.

Feh.

[Glock32]

Now that you mention it I always do feel better after a group therapy session.

[Libertas]

The bigger the bore the better the therapy!

(But any bore will do!)   

 

[RickZ]

Yes, especailly if you're taking out the Gore bore.

[Libertas]

Yeah, can't miss that bloated bastard soon enough!

[Libertas]

Another part of the ObamaCare trend, who needs doctors, nurse practicioners can handle it and they're cheaper!

http://blog.aarp.org/2013/03/29/nurse-practitioners-the-answer-to-the-doctor-shortage/

And you will go and there will be no referals for you!

[AmericanPatriot]

I don't really have a problem with nurse practitioners.
Our family doctor has had them for years.
My wife actually prefers one

[charlesoakwood]

There is a difference between going to a clinic with a nurse practitioner   and having a primary care physician who employs a PA.  Those referrals  from a primary is entre to quality specialists that one may otherwise have difficulty accessing.

[charlesoakwood]

I got a head's up today.

Called to make an appointment for my annual.  Appointments are usually no more than a week out. To my surprise I was able to secure an appointment in the middle of May!  It's getting tight.

If you don't have a primary get one.  Get one who is hooked up with a surgical group that is associated with the best hospital in your area. 
Do it now.

Do you know what they call a physician who graduated last in his class?
They call him Doctor.