[Grovenet] Health Care. Joke or reality?

[David Morelli]

Oh?

I thought one was a Congress person and the other was at a Veteran's  
Administration Hospital.

David

On Jul 2, 2006, at 1:46 PM, allnutt wrote:

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> OUR WONDERFUL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM!
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> This hits the nail right on the head . . . . Two patients limp into  
> two
> different medical clinics with the same complaint.
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> Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
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> The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same  
> day and
> has a time booked for surgery the following week.
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> The second sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an  
> appointment,
> then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist,  then gets an x-ray, which  
> isn't
> reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for  
> a month
> from then.
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> Why the difference?
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> The first is a Golden Retriever.  The second is a Senior Citizen!
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