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From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 15:12 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejhu63$8qk_008(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <NvWdnX3Em_cQu8fYRVnysw(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:ejchl4$8ss_026(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <455760C3.C0979C51(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >I'm wondering if BAH thinks we have our treatment 'rationed'. >>>>> >>>>> Would you know if that happened? Since you can't "shop around" >>>>> and compare, you cannot find out if your treatment is rationed, >>>>> especially its efficacy. >>>> >>>>In one case I wasn't happy with the treatment I got from a concultant so >>>>my >>>>doctor referred me to another one. >>> >>> How many referrals are you allowed? >> >>IIRC there is no hard and fast limit. If after 3-4 the doctors think you >>are >>jerking the system around you may have a harder time getting more, but you >>don't really care about that. You are casting about for things to pounce >>on >>as "flaws" with the NHS. Any number (from 1 to infinite) will be turned >>into >>something you try to castigate the service with. Very naughty of you. >> >>How many referrals do you think the person should be allowed? > > At the moment, I'd like to limit the number of referrals a _doctor_ > can make. Dad's on his 6th or 7th referral. And the basic stuff > hasn't been done yet. They're playing the Medicare system to its > max. Yeah, you really need an NHS. It would make things so much better. That not withstanding, how many referrals should a person be allowed?
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 15:13 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejhu89$8qk_009(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <34mkl294ea9uq6ae6sbe451hor0s74hvul(a)4ax.com>, > Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: >>On Tue, 14 Nov 06 13:51:32 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>>In article <455760C3.C0979C51(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >I'm wondering if BAH thinks we have our treatment 'rationed'. >>>>> >>>>> Would you know if that happened? Since you can't "shop around" >>>>> and compare, you cannot find out if your treatment is rationed, >>>>> especially its efficacy. >>>> >>>>In one case I wasn't happy with the treatment I got from a concultant so >>>>my >>>>doctor referred me to another one. >>> >>>How many referrals are you allowed? >> >>LOL! I think the GP might get a bit ratty if you continually dissed >>the highly qualified consultants, but I don't think there's a >>statutory limit on how awkward you can be. > > Is your GP allowed to keep referring you to specialists forever > without producing any diagnosis? No, each one would produce a diagnosis - normally before you left the office.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 15:14 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejhudd$8qk_010(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <SoudncMysq5JusfYnZ2dnUVZ8sSdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > <snip> > >>Now consider how much better off you would be with an NHS as opposed to >>what >>you are saying here. An NHS is a good thing. It is not the same thing you >>seem to think it is. > > Since you have posted this reply in various forms about 50 times > so far, I'm going to ^R all of your posts from now on. You have > become more than annoying. Oh well. I suppose it is easier than answering any of the questions put to you and it allows you to keep your head in the sand so you can avoid having to learn something new. Not sure why you felt the need to tell me you were going to effectively kill file me.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 15:15 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejhuj4$8qk_012(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <4559D49D.3DCA358(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >>> >Shame you don't have a nationalised health service really, isn't it? >>> >>> It is getting there. The reason there aren't local doctor >>> offices is that they are all collected and put into a big >>> office building. These centers get fewer and fewer as >>> the companies who run them consolidate. >> >>Over here those 'companies' running the practices of 6 or 8 or more and >>their >>support team are owned by the doctors themselves. > > Like I have been saying, you are still at the small business model. > That is rapidly changing in the US. Doctors can't afford to own > their own practices anymore. The third largest employer in the world is using a small business model. Interesting world view.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 15:16
"Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:C180EE90.4CE29%dbowey(a)comcast.net... > On 11/15/06 10:54 AM, in article > KZGdnWKpX6vM_8bYnZ2dnUVZ8sednZ2d(a)pipex.net, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:455B48C7.F77C6A02(a)hotmail.com... >>> >>> >>> lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>> >>>> <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> >>>>> On the positive side it will help a bit with global warming if there >>>>> is >>>>> no more cheap Saudi oil to run all those ugly gas guzzling SUVs. >>>> >>>> And wouldn't the roads be a far more pleasant place to be, without >>>> having >>>> to >>>> deal with those damn things. >>> >>> I find it especially irritating to be caught behind one as you can't see >>> past them ( or through them ) to see much of the road ahead. >>> >> >> >> I don't tend to mind them that much. The main things I get caught behind >> on >> the roads are tractors and lorries. Give me a "gas guzzling SUV" any day. >> >> (Not to mention the problems with the real gas guzzling sports cars which >> not only have worse MPG, but carry less people and are normally driven in >> a >> more reckless, less economical manner) >> >> > > Yes! Go like hell and burn my share of my grandchildren's gas. Fun - > what's not to love? Well, if I am driving the sports car then everything is great. When I am not, I just get jealous and annoyed when they over take on blind bends. |