Health care in the US (joke)

This joke, which I just read on rec.humor.funny, seems pertinent
to a number of recent threads here...

kilikini...

Ha! That is fitting, isn't it? :~)

HRFLTiger...

Yeah - seems pertinent, and applies to the UK too. Pandora saw the vet
Wednesday night, and was referred to a specialist Friday morning with a
full medical diagnosis by Friday lunch time after tests.

My gran waited 3 years for a hip replacement, from the time she was
first placed on the waiting list at the doctors, to the time she had
surgery.

Quite depressing.

Helen M

Monique Y. Mudama...

I read it too, and thought it pertinent, but then again, typically the
Golden Retriever bill will be paid up front by the owner; much of the
delay for humans is in getting insurance approval. I'm sure if you
paid cash for all your medical treatments, you could get some speedy
treatment.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

And if human treatment cost no more than the vet's bills,
more of us might be ABLE to pay "up front"!

Sam...

Good one, Joyce, but until I got to the end I thought the first was
going to be "served" by my HMO!

Kreisleriana...

Actually, your subject line says it all:
"Health care in the US (joke)." :P

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Good point. :-/

Theresa

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