For all the complaints about "evil" vets stealing your hard-earned dollars...
Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement. The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his surgery scheduled for a year from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a golden retriever.
The second is a senior citizen with an HMO.
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Yes, very sad that this is the case for humans. But for all the bitching people do about vets charging them money for animals they made the choice to take responsibility for....man, do you really want it to be more like human medicine in terms of private insurance companies and miles of paperwork and hoops to jump through?
The second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his surgery scheduled for a year from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a golden retriever.
The second is a senior citizen with an HMO.
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Yes, very sad that this is the case for humans. But for all the bitching people do about vets charging them money for animals they made the choice to take responsibility for....man, do you really want it to be more like human medicine in terms of private insurance companies and miles of paperwork and hoops to jump through?