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Medical: Can you be too healthy?
Thu, 14 Jun 2007

(And yes, I'm nearly the least qualified to ask that question.) Still, I called up my family doctor to book an appointment but was lightly scolded (though very politely) for not having come in sometime over the last two years. Without sed attendence my file had been archived and that my next action should be to request admission as a new patient - they'd call me in a week to let me know if they could lower themselves into accepting me. I suppose it should come as no surprise as this office has historically been terrible for its customer service -- it once took me some 30 phone calls over a couple weeks to get a human. The doctor herself has always been very nice so I just blame the help.. but here we have a policy issue.

In this day and age (even with the ineffective new health care levy) doctors are scarce but it is surprising that you can be 'fired' for not wasting their time enough. Apparently my former doctor requires you to pop by for a physical every year, at minimum. Seems silly to me -- perhaps in your earliest and latest years, but I'm still plenty in the middle of my days (hopefully!) If I'm not sick and not at risk for developing a third arm.. why should I waste the systems time?

Ah, right.. teh money. So the doctor requires a levy against my time and our taxpaying wallets to keep me as a patient. One can only imagine that next there will be a fine for not booking the above bogus physical, or for not being sick enough to line anyones pockets.

S'alright though, I went to a walk-in clinic and they asked if I needed a new family doctor. Timing is everything.

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