08-04-2009, 09:41 PM
I am in an HMO thru work.
I have a embedded wart on my thumb.
I need to have it removed says my primary care doctor.
Can he send me to a specialist to have it removed.
No.
My case MUST be submitted for review by whom I don't know: Doctors? Lawyers? Accountants? Investors? I don't know.
IF they decide yes, I am sent a form and make an appointment and wait for the specialist to have room for me.
IF he cannot successfully remove the wart, the process again repeats.
Would someone PLEASE explain to me how this is different from a government bureaucrat getting between me and my doctor?
Anyone?
I have a embedded wart on my thumb.
I need to have it removed says my primary care doctor.
Can he send me to a specialist to have it removed.
No.
My case MUST be submitted for review by whom I don't know: Doctors? Lawyers? Accountants? Investors? I don't know.
IF they decide yes, I am sent a form and make an appointment and wait for the specialist to have room for me.
IF he cannot successfully remove the wart, the process again repeats.
Would someone PLEASE explain to me how this is different from a government bureaucrat getting between me and my doctor?
Anyone?